M. Carl Holman ()
Civil rights leader and intellectual, Moses Carl Holman, was born to Moses and Mamie Durham Holman on June 27, Although born in Minter City, Mississippi, Holman was raised in St. Louis, Missouri, where his father worked in a steel mill. As a child Holman loved to write. By the age of nineteen Holman was the first African American to win the annual radio scriptwriting award from the Chicago radio program, Dr. Christian. Holman attended Lincoln University in Jefferson City, Missouri, graduating in He earned a master’s degree in English from Chicago University in and a master’s of fine arts from Yale University in
In Holman became an English professor at Clark College (later Clark Atlanta College) and held that post until During these years Holman became increasingly involved with civil rights. He helped to form the Committee for Cooperative Action in the early s and became an unofficial advisor for students active in Atlanta area sit-in protests in Holman also became the editor of the Atlanta Inquirer, a black journal which reported on civil right activities in the city. While at Clark, Holman met and married his wife, Marielle, with whom he had three chi
Throughout "Mr. Z", Holman describes a self-loathing individual that rejected his ethnicity because at an early age he learned that "his mother's skin was the sign of error," and he refused to be judged racially (Holman). As such, Mr. Z's entire life centered around disassociating himself with all things related to his race. He abandoned his people's culture, music, and food in favor of their superior "Anglo-Saxonized" counterparts (Holman). However, in doing so, Mr. Z inadvertently and quite ironically committed that crude act which he refused to fall victim to: judging someone or something based on his race or its associated race. Furthermore, Holman goes on to describe Z as being "careful whom he chose to kiss," further displaying his ironic, hypocritical tendency to judge based on race while spurning racism. The irony implemented by Holman provides a scolding tone to the poem. Through this tone, Holman calls for an end to all racial prejudices, even strange cases of prejudice against one's own race. Nevertheless, Holman's most powerful example of irony does not manifest until th
&#;Mr. Z&#; by M. Carl Holman
1 Taught early that his mother&#;s skin was the sign of error,
He dressed and spoke the perfect part of honor;
Won scholarships, attended the best schools,
Disclaimed kinship with jazz and spirituals;
5 Chose prudent, raceless views of each situation,
Or when he could not cleanly skirt dissension,
Faced up to the dilemma, firmly seized
Whatever ground was Anglo-Saxonized.
In diet, too, his practice was exemplary:
10 Of pork in its profane forms he
Mr. Z by M. Carl Holman describes the life of African American man who attempts to hide his race. The first line of the poem says, "Taught early that his mother's skin was the sign of error" (). This quote indicates his skin is not fair, and it provides the reader a conflict that the subject must deal with. The poem goes on to describe how this man, Mr. Z, was also doing the best that he can. "[He] Won scholarships, attended the best schools", but he was quick to reject his race, choosing instead to take "prudent raceless views of each situation" and take "Whatever ground was Anglo-Saxonized". Mr. Z was adamant to keep away from his own race. This lack of connection with his race continues throughout the poem. He is an "Expert in vintage wine's sauces and salads,/ His palate shrank from cornbread, yams and collards". Mr.Z is so determined to not be associated into his race that he even gives up food associated with African American culture, choosing instead to focus on a more American or European cuisine. All of his efforts to not be linked to his heritage give the reader a sense that he is ashamed of his ethnicity. Everything he does indicates that he wants no part of his cult
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