The New Negro, the New Meaning of Dignity

Dignified action is characterized in part by an honesty and a kind of truth telling. The new negro no longer strategically acquiesces to survive. She's willing to take a stand, even when it might cost her personally. In some sense, this idea thi idea of expressing one's equal worth to dignified resistance, that's kind of a key motivation behind the civilized struggle of the fifties and sixties. It's interesting that when i think about, you know, someone feeling that their dignity has been affronted, the thing really comes to mind is anger,. right?