“Cane” by Jean Toomer As I began to read “Cane,” I quickly realized this was going to be a difficult read. I kept thinking about the title because it brought back memories of my grandfather’s story of the origin of the black man. My grandfather believed Cain’s curse for slaying Abel was that he was turned black, “marked”. That was the point in time when the black man was born. He also stated …showed first 75 words of 2808 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2808 total…have to die, Lewis and Kabnis? I close this paper by regretfully acknowledging that although written over seventy-seven years ago, Toomer's work still relates well to the problems and concerns of race in America today. I’m not saying we haven’t come a long way since the days of lynching, but we still have a long way to go to be as colorblind as my three-year-old daughter Brianna. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography** Jean Toomer,"Cane," Liveright 1923