Review Zora Neale Hurston's "How it Feels to Be Colored Me." What is her thesis? How does Hurston's sense of humor, imagistic language, and perspective provide an alternate view of "double...

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How it feels to be coloured me:
The central theme of "How it Feels to be Coloured Me" is author Zora Neale Hurston's tenacity and optimism as a Black woman in 1920s America. Hurston asserts that her race hasn't kept her down and won't keep her down in the future. The "brown spectre" she refers to is the ghost of racism that instils fear in other black people. Her thesis is a widely anthologized descriptive essay in which she examines her self-discovery and pride. She follows the principles of description by using colourful diction,...