"Faced up to the dilemma, firmly seized/whatever ground was Anglo-Saxonized." PAGE 848
The poem is a satire of society. It is satirizing the prevalence of racism among white people. The speaker knew that his skin color could change who he was able to be. He acted like the perfect white person so he would not draw attention to himself. The satire is effective because it is portrayed through an experience of a person. The person is vague because that way it seems like Mr. Z could be any person of a different race. The satire points out that white people stereotype people because of race. This is effectively displayed because he was really black but because of his lifestyle, people thought he was white. People even remarked about him that he was a distinguished member of his race. He was not even the race people thought; he just acted the race. He was not proud of his race, but I think the author was trying to point out that we should be.
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