# Assimilation — A Voice from the South character guide

> Assimilation in A Voice from the South by Anna Julia Cooper.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** their

**First appearance:** 0010-has-america-a-race-problem-if-so-how-can-it-best-be-solved

## Who they are

Abstract concept personified in social commentary.

## Relationships

### [Lo](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_voice_from_the_south_se/characters/lo)

_psychological_

Assimilation is a central ideological force that Lo both resists and negotiates within her identity.

### [Eve](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_voice_from_the_south_se/characters/eve)

_psychological_

Eve critically examines assimilation as a destructive pressure on Black identity and womanhood.

### [Unknown Narrator](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_voice_from_the_south_se/characters/unknown_narrator)

_psychological_

The narrator constantly analyzes assimilation as a threat to authentic Black identity and self-determination.

### [God—Science](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_voice_from_the_south_se/characters/god_science)

_psychological_

Assimilation and God-Science are juxtaposed as ideological forces that challenge authentic Black spirituality.

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