In Wallace Thurman’s novel The Blacker the Berry, we often find Emma in modes of survival while striving to establish her independence. Throughout her bildungs- roman journey we see Emma make assumptions about others and take biased ac- tions all to gain what she assumes will be an advantage to realizing her own suc- cess and acceptance. Considering the colorism of the 1920s South and Harlem, are her thoughts and actions justifiable? Pick at least three moments in the novel that you find support analysis.
