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The Struggle to Express ThemselvesA Struggle to Express Themselves     There is maven primordial reason why we do not doubt Europeans imbibetaken the lead in history, in all epochs before and after(prenominal) 1492, and it haslittle to do with evidence. It is a basic belief which we inherit from former ages of thought and scarcely realize that we hold it is an implicitbelief, not an overt one, and it is so large a theory that it is woveninto all of our ideas most history, both within Europe and without. . .(Blaut pg. 6-7).     African-American pack have had to originate over many obstacles to get totheir position today. First, was the selling of their people into bondage.Then, they endured slavery itself, being treated like an animal. Afterslavery was abolished, Colored people still had to people with racialdiscrimination and hatred. If this sounds rough, black women had it worse.African-American women had to deal with all the previou sly mentionedthings, alone they were women too Females were oppressed almost as bad asthe blacks. White women were not able to vote until the 1920. thereofcolored women had a double edged sword, they had to fight for freedom, butnot be to dominate as to effect the men. Alice Walkers The Color Purple isa good example of colored womens plight. Three obstacles black women hadto overcome to be able to express themselves were Racism, the lack ofeducation, and the stereo-type that women are inferior.     African-Americans have always experience racism throughout theirhabitation in America. Slavery, is what caused most of the hatred towardsblacks. African Americans were sold by their people and sent off to a outside land. Colored people were used as work horses when they enteredAmerica. "It was acceptable for a white somebody to be lazy (in the South),and therefore, a white person takes advantage of this" (Theriault). Whitepeople wanted to keep their laziness . If the slaves were set free, then(prenominal) thewhites would have to do more work. The slaves still fought for what theywanted, and finally won their "independence." some other dilemma was "if thesouth could abolish slavery, what would happen to the slaves? These slaveshave been slaves for all their lives and would contain education. Theseslaves would also require homes, some type of compensation, and more"(Theriault). Blacks were put in prison for rebelling against the whiteestablishment. Most times these crimes were minuscule in compare to thecrimes committed against blacks or by whites. A colored person could be putin jail for looking at someone inappropriately, but if a black man was