In Sojourner Truth’s “Ain't I a Woman?,” Truth uses her own experiences to show the racism and sexism taking place in the 1800s. As men talk about how they should treat woman with respect, she expects the same thing as she is a woman herself. Unfortunately, “nobody ever helps [her] into carriages, or over mud-puddles, or gives [her] any best place! And ain't [she] a woman” (Truth). She addresses the racial stereotypes by pointing out the obvious differences of how white woman are treated. Also, she undermines sexism as she points out the obvious need for woman. When hearing “women can't have as much rights as men, 'cause Christ wasn't a woman,” Truth identifies the evident flaws of that statement by reasoning with the fact that Jesus himself
