1.05 English 3 Ain’t I a Woman? Being a black or white woman in the 19th century were two very different things because of the way that they were treated. Black women were mostly slaves and didn’t have even close to the rights that white women had, such as the right to go back to school or keep your own children. Black women were basically treated like less than dirt, which was a horrible horrible thing. And this isn’t even just about black women, it’s all women in general and how our rights were taken away.
In early colonial times, the women of America lived in an era of gender inequality. They had very limited freedom; from not being able to vote, sue, testify in court, to not being able to be granted legal custody after a divorce, and so forth. Women were the targets of sexual discrimination. Women were highly disregarded in occupations, as well as in education. They weren’t allowed to enter many professions, from law to medical; or study in the prestigious schools of the males.
Colored folks won't have 'em because they're half white; White folks won't have 'em cause they're colored so they're just just in-betweens, don't belong anywhere” (161). This is racial discrimination because, no one wants these kids because they are both Caucasian and African American and neither community wants them because of that. Another example of racial discrimination is when Ms. Lula gets angry at Calpurnia for bringing the Finch kids to First Purchase Church. “You ain't got no business bringin' white chillun here they got there church, we got our'n” (119). This is racial discrimination because Ms. Lula is basically saying that they are not welcome at that church because they are white, not African American.
Several different races and ethnic groups didn’t like the white people but the white people ruled the country back then. Nobody but white people had rights. White people were very racist over the African Americans. For many years we used the African Americans as slaves. (P Barton) White women were discriminated against a lot because women were not allowed to work and earn money.
Little girls could not attend school and had to stay home and help their mothers. There are still many places around the world where women can’t work or go to school and lots of places where racism still happens. There are also many places where people have no rights because they have a dictator instead of a democracy. A dictator controls everyone and does not allow people to vote for their leader and usually gives the position to someone in their family when they die. It is usually in countries with dictators where women don’t have equal rights and cannot work or go to school.
Civil Liberties: Discrimination Ever since the Civil War, the United States has been faced with the issue of discrimination against African Americans and women. Many people in the United States believed that African Americans did not belong in society, they were not considered as human beings but as property. They discriminated against them at work, in school, and on the streets. They were segregated from everyone else because of their skin color. Americans also believed that women did not have rights.
As Antoinette is neither a black nor a pure white, she and her family are not accepted by any group in the society. Antoinette is alienated by both the whites and the blacks thus she is considered as a double outsider. Such isolation causes her to have ambivalent cultural and racial identity and this can be seen in the diction and tone used by Jean Rhys. On page 93, Antoinette tells Rochester that she has “heard English women call (them) white niggers”, and that “(she) often wonders about who (she is) and where (her) country is and where (she) belongs to and why (she) was ever born at all”. From the syntax and listing of questions in this quote we can sense the feeling of confusion and displacement, which is the result of the society’s isolation.
• Southern school for blacks were poor standards which resulted in black people not being educated enough to vote or work for a living. • Southerners and northerners refused to work alongside one another due to the stress and havoc of the Civil War • The plantation southern belle’s morals and beliefs had all changed so the social class fell. • Racism continued to increase in the southern rather than decrease causing backlash amongst the black citizens. • Black people began to blend in with social classes as they were not trapped anymore and were ‘free’. • Even though slavery was illegal, sly and unofficial slavery took place in order for black people to survive and live in both the south and north of America.
My mother didn’t have the benefit of counseling or parenting classes during the 1960’s African Americans were still fighting for equality so counseling was something that was unheard of. In those days if you had a child out of wedlock you were considered unclean, spoiled and no-one wanted to marry you. My mom did the best she could for me and my brother but at 15 years old she was ill equipped to raise
Women were part of the minorities along with the blacks because of the way they were treated. They were treated less than men because they seemed weak and useless. They did not have freedom in the Twentieth century. In work, they were paid less and they ought to be stay at home wives. The women’s rights movement was known because of the way that they fought for what they deserved.