Racism In Maya Angelou's Champion Of The World

It’s a grueling and exhausting life, not being white in the United States. Picture yourself being a minority in the U.S. and people stereotyping you from left to right. This is what Maya Angelou was stating in the novel, “Champion of the World”. She showed us perfectly what it is like to be an African American in the eras of 1920’s. Even in this generation, discrimination and racism are reoccurring incidents that are still being spread across all fifty states. If we can push through these obstacles of viewing people in color and start staring at them for whom they actually are, we can make this planet a utopia for all. This is why “Champions of the World” by Maya Angelou is a well-written historical novel of major importance to all races around the world because it shows an authentic historical view on racial relations, on perseverance, and the applicability of the information on today’s personas. Maya Angelou story illustrates the harassment that all African American’s have experienced by the hands of white Americans. In the beginning of her essay, Angelou opens by providing with an insight look upon her childhood. She mentions that she and …show more content…
This is why “Champions of the World” by Maya Angelou is a well-written historical novel of major importance to all races around the world because it shows an authentic historical view on racial relations, on perseverance, and the applicability of the information on today’s personas. We are a melting pot, where we should all stand together and progress as one race, one country, and one people. Together we can go far and this sensation of feeling less because you are not white should disappear completely. This is America land of the free and land of the brave. This piece is truly beautiful and makes us feel happy that they got what they wish for to prove that we are all