Racism And Equality In The Color Purple, By Alice Walker

Register to read the introduction… And, worst of all, there is almost nothing one can do because she is black skinned and a female. “You black, you pore, you ugly, you a woman. Goddam, he say, you nothing at all," and thats exactly who Celie was seen as (370). There is no place for women such as Celie to do what they want, in such societies. Black people are expected to live to the expectations of white people and women are expected to live to the expectations of men, and no more than that. These traits of discrimination not only occurred among "white" people but among black people as well. Sexism in Africa was at its extreme as “the Olinka do not believe girls should be educated” (560).women were abused by men and seen just as a tool used everyday for pleasure; they were a source of entertainment to men but not to themselves. Men see women as slaves obliged to do what they please as they say, "women work, I am a man" (44).Stepping into the issue of races, Alice Walker describes the ill treatment of black people by white ones. White people then seemed to be filled with a superiority complex and blacks seemed to be filled with inferiority. Alice Walker tries to express her theme of equality, there being no superiority or inferiority. She believes the whites should not be superior and the blacks …show more content…
Societies seem to favor the "better" race and gender, having no concern, whatsoever for the odd ones out, leaving them to a rotten life and destroying their destiny. How would people in such conditions ever achieve true happiness or self satisfaction? It is indeed very hard for the odd gender or race to even figure out the meaning of life or try to live it in