“ I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character” -Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Many people then, and now are still treated poorly, and by the color of their skin. In the book” the Color Purple by Alice Walker, there are lots of signs of racism. Many of them still happen today, and this t should not be happening. The topic that everyone is created equal is very true if we do not stop the problem now it will just continue to get worse and worse. Many people such as Squeak, Sofia, and Celie have gone through many things and have dealt with Race and Racism. Sofia has gone through many different struggles throughout the book. One example is towards the end of the book such as when Celie inherited her mom's land, house, and store. She decided to give Sofia a job at her store too keep her out of trouble “Put Sofia in there to wait on the colored [people] cause they, never had nobody in a store to treat’em nice”(Walker 280). Before Celie had her store colored people never had anyone who were nice to
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One example is when Squeak wanted to be a famous singer and she went around the whole house singing and she sung a song about how she was mixed “ Well if I say Hey black girl lord, she try to ruin my game”(99). Squeak is only known for the color of her skin. She just wanted to be known for something else so she stood up and said she did not want to be called Squeak anymore so she gave out her real name; Mary Agnes. Another line from Squeaks song about her being mixed is “ They calls me yellow like yellow be my name”(99). All squeak was ever known is being mixed no one else in her group of people is mixed, she is the only one. All Squeak ever wanted was to be known as someone else other then the girl that was
One example is when Squeak wanted to be a famous singer and she went around the whole house singing and she sung a song about how she was mixed “ Well if I say Hey black girl lord, she try to ruin my game”(99). Squeak is only known for the color of her skin. She just wanted to be known for something else so she stood up and said she did not want to be called Squeak anymore so she gave out her real name; Mary Agnes. Another line from Squeaks song about her being mixed is “ They calls me yellow like yellow be my name”(99). All squeak was ever known is being mixed no one else in her group of people is mixed, she is the only one. All Squeak ever wanted was to be known as someone else other then the girl that was