The Antique Blacks

My section of the poem "The Antique Blacks" is from the beginning of the poem (pg131) all the way till the first asterisk almost at the very bottom. These lines of the poem begins with the writer introducing Richard Pryor. Throughout this section, the author sets a tone of almost reality setting to the audience. A quote that interested was, "...and more mundane lights move lowly on the horizon the way cop lights always move when black people think about congregating outside of church." I believe this line hints at some of the little discrimination actions blacks face. I also feel that the author lived possibly during the 1960s. This form of tension seems accurate of the time of the civil rights movement that was happening in America at the time. In a way the author wants us to put ourselves in his shoes and see that his idols, though mainstream sources may view as inappropriate, he sees them as innovative and ground breaking.