Imagine having no possible means of escape and gazing into a horizon chocked-full of every possible weapon that can harm a person. Literally, seeing your demise and having no control to change the outcome. Picture bullets, bombs, knives rocks, bottles and anything else that can be formed into a weapon. Continue to maintain an open mind and visualize that at any given time and with no particular routine or order these weapons will be viciously hurled at a person at random. Sometimes, it is one weapon at a time, a few at a time or all at once. In addition to all these issues, you have to survive. You must thrive by any means necessary or die trying. Black women experience oppression on a daily basis from the …show more content…
Truth has contrasted the difference in between society’s view of black women, how they are view in comparison to other women and how Black women view themselves. Black woman were required to do everything a man could do but still not view as a woman or a person. She is begging the audience (society) to tell her another difference besides the color of her skin that discredits her as being a woman and human being. Back then, she could not go to the police about these oppressions that frequent her. There were no laws to reinforce her dignity or her gender. Luckily, Truth was brave enough to stand up and pose these questions to her audience. This is not too different in the current world. Black women still raise these questions. These inquiries have definitely become more sophisticated and modern, in tune with the changing world, embedded into everyday comings and goings …show more content…
They were not a part of society but more like a byproduct of slave labor and exploitation. Only accepted as mere cogs in the machine that fuel society. There were no Black women accepted in any areas of development at the time. In her article, Black, Female and Broke, Dr. Maya Rockeymoore emphasizes that “For many women of color, life in the U.S. represents an obstacle course of economic and social traps they must avoid just to survive. Enlightened policy makers can help them thrive by offering solutions that maximize opportunities and minimize risks for women who have been at the margins of the economy for far too long.” (Rockeymoore, 2015) It is imperative and reasonable to design policies that increase these women chances for achieving success and inclusion in society as a whole. Until an effective course of action is created and implemented, Black women will continue to be without recourse for success, opportunities and impartiality.