Social Class Essay I Know Why the Caged Birds Sings by Maya Angelou depicts the life of a little girl growing up in the South during the 1930s. Maya talks about a few different social classes. Some blacks feel like they are trapped by a white society in this world. She discusses how white supremacy takes a part in life. She also talks about how growing up in the South as a little, poor black girl and how her “Momma” is high up in the black community. Back in the 1930s, White Supremacy was a very big thing. The white people thought they were so much better than blacks. In Stamps, Maya thought that white people were scary and very violent. Her older brother Bailey, always told her to stay clear of white people because they would harm
