Having Our Say
Beginning of paper
This book is tough to take as humorous yet its touching to look at racism in America, but Emily Mann's , manages to pull off the feat. really makes you think and try to somehow reflex on the past as if you were actually there. As a white male I amazed at how these two African American sister were ....
Middle of paper
.... in the New York Public School System, "Sadie" considers herself to be the Booker T. Washington of the sisters, always shying away from conflict and looking at both sides of the issue.
"Bessie" is the younger sister (101 years old) and is much more aggressive. A self-made dentist who was the only colored female at Columbia University when she attended dentistry school there, "Bessie" is the W.E.B. Dubois of the sisters, never backing down from any type of confrontation.
As the sisters tell t ....
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Page count: 2 (approximately 250 words per page)
