Painting #1 Faith Ringgold painting of the American flag
Faith Ringgold is a very famous painter from the Harlem Renaissance. This is a painting of an American flag. The stripes are written as letters they say “NIGGER” Over the stars in black letters is the word “DIE” Depending on how you read it, it may say “DIE NIGGER” or “NIGGER DIE.” Both having the same meaning, but I would say “DIE NIGGER” sounds more aggressive.

To me, I feel like the author is saying that black people are ingrained into America(if that makes sense). She used the color gray to right the word “NIGGER.” Gray is usually associated with negative things, like being dirty, poor, worthless and many other things like that. Maybe this is her way of representing the stereotypes that blacks have been given since their arrival and that we have worked hard to play a fair role in society but yet we are still treated like were “gray.” I don't know how to explain my thought process it may confuse you.

Painting #2
Faith Ringgold Statue of Liberty and black people in the ocean …show more content…
The statue of liberty is black and holding a black baby. If you look and pay attention you can see that there's a burning boat in the background. If you follow the trail of smoke you can see that lady liberty's torch is where the fire is coming from. Meaning Lady liberty put the boat on fire. Another observation is the black people in the ocean. They are either happy or terrified. So they're either happy that they’re free. Or terrified because they might not know how to swim and will probably die in the ocean.Some of them have their arms are open and grabbing at lady liberty. The setting is in the middle of the ocean. The painting is telling us about how slaves were shipped to America from Africa and how they were treated poorly.They weren’t even given clothes. That's why there swimming in the ocean