It is important that each person has a positive mindset about the subject, but due to racial oppression and slavery, many African American writers have opposing views on sexuality. ... A few authors who discuss the various ideas of sexuality in their writings are Gwendolyn Bennett, "To a Dark Girl, " Claude McKay, "America, " Langston Hughes, "Red Silk Stockings," and Harriet Jacobs, "Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl. " In this essay, I will be discussing the fact that although the topic of sexuality has a restrained history for African Americans, as they were suppressed from freedom of t...

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