The oppression reflected in Maya Angelou's Five Poems

English

The dominant white society in the United State feels that they have the most power in all aspects. This study analyzes various forms of oppression carried out by white society against the Black community and analyzes how the Black Community resists the acts of oppression they experience. Forms of oppression and resistance are found in Maya Angelou’s poems The Calling of Names, My Arkansas, Momma Welfare Roll, The Mothering Blackness, and A Brave and Startling Truth. The research method employed in this study is literary criticism, utilizing a decolonial theory approach developed by a group of Latin American scholars, including Quijano, Mignolo, Maldonado-Torres, Lugones, and Walsh. The results of this study indicate that there are four forms of oppression experienced by the Black community: historical and political oppression, economic oppression, cultural and linguistic oppression, and psychological oppression, which continue to persist in the modern era in more subtle forms. This study also identified five forms of resistance practiced by the Black community: epistemic resistance, re-existence, decolonial memory, economic resistance, and pluriversal vision. This study demonstrates that Maya Angelou’s poetry is not merely a literary work but also contains numerous memories of the oppression and resistance experienced by the Black community, serving as a warming to society to pay attention to acts of violence that continue to occur to this day.

Indonesia

The dominant white society in the United State feels that they have the most power in all aspects. This study analyzes various forms of oppression carried out by white society against the Black community and analyzes how the Black Community resists the acts of oppression they experience. Forms of oppression and resistance are found in Maya Angelou’s poems The Calling of Names, My Arkansas, Momma Welfare Roll, The Mothering Blackness, and A Brave and Startling Truth. The research method employed in this study is literary criticism, utilizing a decolonial theory approach developed by a group of Latin American scholars, including Quijano, Mignolo, Maldonado-Torres, Lugones, and Walsh. The results of this study indicate that there are four forms of oppression experienced by the Black community: historical and political oppression, economic oppression, cultural and linguistic oppression, and psychological oppression, which continue to persist in the modern era in more subtle forms. This study also identified five forms of resistance practiced by the Black community: epistemic resistance, re-existence, decolonial memory, economic resistance, and pluriversal vision. This study demonstrates that Maya Angelou’s poetry is not merely a literary work but also contains numerous memories of the oppression and resistance experienced by the Black community, serving as a warming to society to pay attention to acts of violence that continue to occur to this day.

Arab

يرى المجتمع الأبيض المهيمن في الولايات المتحدة الأمريكية أنه الطرف الأكثر امتلاكا للسلطة في مختلف الجوانب. ويحلل هذا البحث أنواع أشكال الاضطهاد التي يمارسها المجتمع الأبيض ضد المجتمع الأسود، كما يحلل كيفية مقاومة المجتمع الأسود لهذه الممارسات القمعية التي يتعرض لها. وقد اكتشف أشكال الاضطهاد والمقاومة في قصائد مايا أنجيلو The Calling of Names و My Arkansas وMomma Welfare Roll وThe Mothering Blackness و .A Brave and Startling Truth يعتمد هذا البحث على منهج النقد الأدبي، ويستخدم مقاربة النظرية الديكولونيالية التي طورها عدد من مفكري أمريكا اللاتينية، من بينهم: كيخانوQuijano /، و مينيولوMignolo /، و مالدونادو-توريسMaldonado-Torres / ، و لوغونيس Lugones /، و والشWalsh /. و تُظهر نتائج البحث وجود أربعة أشكال من الاضطهاد التي يتعرض لها المجتمع الأسود، وهي: الاضطهاد التاريخي والسياسي، والاضطهاد الاقتصادي، والاضطهاد الثقافي واللغوي، والاضطهاد النفسي المستمر في العصر الحديث بأبهى حلة.كما توصل البحث إلى خمسة أشكال من المقاومة التي يمارسها المجتمع الأسود، وهي: المقاومة الإبستمولوجية، وإعادة الوجود، والذاكرة الديكولونيالية، والمقاومة الاقتصادية، رؤية بلوريفرسالية. ويبين هذا البحث أن قصائد مايا أنجيلو ليست مجرد أعمال أدبية، بل تحمل أيضًا ذاكرة غنية عن فترات الاضطهاد والمقاومة التي عاشها المجتمع الأسود، كما تقدم تحذيرًا للمجتمع بضرورة الانتباه إلى ممارسات العنف التي لا تزال مستمرة حتى الوقت الحاضر.