Gender and Racial inequality in James Baldwin’ Go Tell It on the Mountain and Claude McKay's, Home to Harlem comparative study.

Abstract

Abstract
 In both Southern African literature and African American literature, racism is a big problem. The two are different, though, because the former were more resolute and brave in their fight against racism, which was covered by the "apartheid" law. While the latter were more passive and suffered from an identity crisis due to the overwhelming presence of whites, the former were due to many years of oppression, torture, and subjugation. The purpose of this paper is to discuss the gender and racial inequality in the literature of the African-American writers James Baldwin and compare the novels "Go Tell It on the Mountain" with Claude McKay's "Home to Harlem" with similar themes. In their novels, the two novelists are endowed with a great insight with which they write of difficulties that all humans encounter through a perceptive view of the stubborn, heart-breaking dilemmas that plague individuals of all races. Baldwin was considered a traitor to the black race for failing to face racism, and Richard Wright referred to him as a "fag." The writer Baldwin did not stick to the skin colour of his friends to look for a tangent between their lives and the history of racism in the United States. McKay was deeply interested about the culture of the black diaspora as a result of his strong dedication to black consciousness. McKay explores Harlem's wonder, excitement, and boundaries by recognising other places where the black community thrived in 1920s black America when he depicts black life and community concepts. Gender and Racial inequality are definitely our primary concerns. Both novels considers as a literary depiction of the reality of an expansive African diaspora in the early 20th century.