Cadillacs N’ Poetry

Authors

Glen K. Waters II, University of IowaFollow

Abstract

This poem is a historical meditation on Elizabeth Alexander’s The Blackish Interior: Essays. The poem examines Blackness by expanding on historical Black movements in the mid-1900s that contributed to the mechanization of the Black body as a commodity through means of production. The poem uses the imagery of Black migration, lynching, evolution, mechanization, commodities, production, and death to bring forward the importance of identity and inner self-worth in a capitalistic society that benefits from the destruction of Black bodies.

Recommended Citation

Waters, Glen K. II (2022) "Cadillacs N’ Poetry," Journal of Multicultural Affairs: Vol. 7: Iss. 1, Article 5.
Available at: https://scholarworks.sfasu.edu/jma/vol7/iss1/5