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In "We Wear the Mask" does the speaker seem genuine when he recommends wearing 'the mask'? Consider when the poem was written and the tone the speaker uses.

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Answer:

We Wear the Mask is a metaphor

Step-by-step explanation:

The poem refers to the masks that hide the faces of African American people because they hide their real feelings behind a mask.

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