1. Equal Treatment of Racial and Sexual Minorities
Although featuring different characters in different settings, both Du Bois and Delany focus on segregation and the harmful effects caused by either racial or sexual prejudice. ... For Julia, Jim is an unknowable stranger who is "alien in blood and culture " (Du Bois 8). ... The Spacers are called "strangers " by a gay man, who comments that they have nothing for him since they are not men (Delany 124). ... Du Bois uses the careful description of this dire and silent post-apocalyptic city to underlie the characters' unvoiced fear and uncertainty about the future. ...
- Word Count: 2007
- Approx Pages: 8
- Has Bibliography
- Grade Level: Undergraduate