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POETRY ‘DREAMING BLACK BOY’ BY JAMES BERRY  POET: James Berry (1924-) is a Jamaican poet, writer and ed itor who has lived most of his life in the United Kindom! "s a yo#n man he spent a short time in the United $tates, %#t he disli&ed the treatment of %lac&s there and ret#rned to Jamaica! 'e is one of the first %lac& writers in Br itain to achieve wider reconition %y the British literary comm#nity ! ne critic writes, Berry* s poetry not only reflects %oth Jamaican and British c#lt#res, %#t also meres them to +ma&e it new !* 'is poetry eplores the eperience of %ein %lac& in Britain! ./0 he title is deceptive! he poem co#ld %e a%o#t a %oy dreamin of fantastic advent#res or of %ecomin a s#ccessf#l man in the f#t#re! he s#%ect of the poem is a %lac&3 %oy ! 'e is not a mere %oy ! he adective %lac&3 is loaded with a history of s#fferi n and discrimination! he aspirations of %lac& %oys in the United $tates, the United Kindom or other co#ntries where they are a racial minority are different from those of %oys who are not %lac&! $0"K05 he spea&er wishes for thins thro#ho#t the poem that sho#ld %e #aranteed #st %e his %ein h#man! he spea&er is either a %oy who #nderstands all aspects of livin in a world as a %lac& child or he is an ad#lt %lac& man who is reflectin on a life time of racial discrimination! 67 /i&e the attit#de of the %lac& % oy, the atmosphere of the poem is one of despair, sadness and deep s#fferin! 80 he spea&er*s tone has a deree of wistf#lness, s#%d#ed op timism, restrained aner, sadness and despair ! 7..8 hro#h his descriptive lan#ae and the #se of all#sions we learn that the spea&er is intellient, o%servant, ca#tio#s, insihtf#l, and sophisticated! '060 $ome of the themes epressed in the poem are the impact of racism on % lac& people: the role of teachers in contri%#tin to low epec tations in st#dents: children*s awareness of %ein treated #nfairly: instit#tionali;ed discrimination: the desire for e<#ality: and the powerlessness of childhood! 1

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