The Danger Of Having Been Blac
Beginning of paper
Maya Angelou, the famous author of I Know Why the Caged Bird
Sings, has written through this book her autobiography and a look at the segregation in the
early years of 1930's. On page 187 of that book she has written that: " It seemed terribly
unfair to have a toothache and a headache and have to ....
Middle of paper
.... the former
slave. However, the way that Maya has described the situation in the book
tells how horrible it was at that time. First of all, growing up black
and female as she said was very painful. At Stamps, where as a child she was raised, the
first act that made her burst in tears was when the three little powhitetrash girls were mocking
Momma her grandmother. They were calling her by the first name instead of the last name. " Bye, Annie."
Although, they were living on her own ....
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Word count: 1399
Page count: 6 (approximately 250 words per page)
