blog 8 -Alfonso Vazquez

  1.   According to DuBois, the meaning behind “ Sorrow Song” it talks about African American deep connection they have with the situations with discrimination, Slavery, and other meaningful things by singing deep in there soul, and talking about the culture, and freedom.  In Du Bois’s writing, African-Americans use music to express their aspirations. This music is not joyful mostly are sad and has a strong meaning in it. In each song. our generation, unfortunately, don’t know what they went there but from what we hear for each soundtrack music I can feel the pain that they are going through.  
  2.    I think “nobody knows” by Louis Armstrong is very significant. This song explains experience what I think most African Americans go through in daily life discrimination and racism. The violin playing in a sad way and Louis Armstrong’s way of singing make this song very deep. I can say that it makes me reflect on how African American is treated unfaired.