Black Odyssey Narrative

Many African Americans today are challenged daily with a new obstacle. Simple routines such as progressing in school, finding work, or even finding a place to live have been made more difficult for the Black people. The question to ask would be who takes the blame, if blame can be placed on anyone? In the introduction to the Black Odyssey the author, Nathan Huggins, begins to outline how American history commenced with ignorance towards the African American experience up until recent research into American slavery. In using the concept of the master narrative, references such as Ulrich B. Phillips, and Eugene Genovese, American history has provided a cushion to ease the white conscience, provide an explanation for white supremacy, and set a framework for our integrated society in which further studies of American slavery and African American culture would still be considered an attachment to the development of our United States of America.
As Nathan Huggins points out in the ...