“James Bond” type figures, for example, detectives and police officers. When in reality they need to realize that these men that are suppose to protect and serve the people, are actually out there targeting Blacks. To reiterate Madhubuti’s focus on wanting the individual consciousness to grow towards its Blackness, the speaker changes his focus away from the negative changes and presents positive ones. In the last few stanzas of the poem, the speaker touches on what I believe to be the most important and really the focus of the entire poem, changing Black America’s mentality. In lines 14 and 17-19 the speaker presents his positive changes and the need to grow towards blackness, he suggest, “ I say change into a realblack righteous aim…change, stop being an instant yes machine. Change. niggers don’t change they grow. that’s a change; bigger &better nigger. Change, into a necessary blackself. In addition, to pointing out the positive changes that Blacks must make, the speaker also addresses the negative stereotypes that are placed on Blacks, and how Caruthers 6Blacks must not succumb to these stereotypes. When the speaker says, ”change nigger. standing on the corner, thought him was cool. him still standing there. it’s winter time, him cool”(lines 26). This is a good use of imagery because it allows the reader to picture a young boy standing around the street corner. Thinking it’s cool to hang on the street corners, rather, than doing something with his life. In the long run his being cool brought him an “extended stay” on the streets, and that’s not cool. Blacks must also not fall into the classification entitled “criminals”; White America has placed this on Blacks. The speaker does a good job of addressing this when he says, “change: him wanted to be a tv star. him is. ten o’clock news. wanted, wanted. nigger stole some lem...
