African-American Jeremiad
The African-American Jeremiad is a variant of the Jeremiad literary form consisting of three parts in order: promise, failure, and prophecy. Although the African-American Jeremiad has been long familiar within the African-American community, broader recognition of this literary form provides a useful tool for Rhetorical criticism, rhetorical criticism/analysis. The Jeremiad has been documented since the time of the Bible, biblical prophet Jeremiah; its uses have been both religious and sociopolitical. Scholars first traced an United States, American Jeremiad starting with the History of the Puritans in North America, Puritans advocating for freedom from England’s oppression. Later scholars identified a distinct African Americans, African-American or Black people, Black Jeremiad that adapted the form to criticize slavery and discrimination and advocate for sociopolitical change. Structure The African-American Jeremiad follows a three-part structure: # ''Promise''. The jeremiad ...
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