The Negroes here are proud of how much they've changed over time and are able to keep with them. Although they don't bow their heads down to defeat or cry themselves to sleep anymore, they keep in the their memory. In a way they are still able to remember the mockingbirds in their society that were killed. They do it in a gentle way, mentally but with that their culture is preserved and knowledge is restored. The mockingbirds that were written in history are not forgotten in Still I Rise. They are motivated to keep on rising. Maya Angelou's character faced unsurpassable oppression in the past as a result of their skin tone. They no longer face that oppression, but they face the stares and taunts. Although racism wasn't over in both forms of
