According to Henry Louis Gates, Jr., reconstructing black people into the “New Negro” has been a matter of_______________?

African-American Literature 21/11/2020

A. Redefining black people in terms of a presence, not an absence.
B. Working against the existing racist stereotypes.
C. A struggle ongoing since 1619.
D. All of the above

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