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can a Black character exist in contemporary American literature outside of a moralizing force, in which their moral imperative is to redeem/save/educate/instruct/confront whiteness or by extension the US
that's the question. There are novels in which this is not the case. But ppl's reaction to them--and I'm including Black readers in this as well, a little bit--is telling.
See: the reaction of nearly every class when you teach them Sula for the first time lol
anyways teach song of songs as a Black romance about colorism and Black women's sexuality and maybe make it interesting for everyone--what we call literature, what we call poetry, what we call Black consciousness
also get comfortable reading a Black protagonist who is, in their own way, "problematic". To a new critical lens! Or a sharper one
oh @DeeshaPhilyaw i see you liking. Your work is the opposite in this thread. So thankful for it. And I peeped the Song of Songs references throughout 
