Examining the use of Fire in African American Discourse.
By Logan Dandridge “Build a fort/ Pay for soup/ Set that on fire. – Jean-Michel Basquiat “God gave Noah the rainbow sign, No more water, the fire next time” – Slave hymn A burnt, sweat-stained Mookie (Spike Lee) walks across the street of his Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood, moisture spilling from his brow like a faucet.[…]