Womens Rights

So today at 12:00 in the library, a group of people got together and did a little performance for about 20 minutes or so. Each person in the group took turns standing up on a table in the center of a circle reciting quotes and speaches from great women's rights activists. Some of the people memorized the quotes, while some read off of a sheet of paper. At the end, they all stood up and recited the same thing.

I feel as if what they did was very moving. It allowed everyone who watched to become more understanding and aware of how far woman have come, since the age of unequality. I think what that group of people did was beautiful and amazing.

My favorite quote was the second one recited. The woman who first said those words had such a strong voice. She knew what she wanted and she strived to achieve her goals. I thought it was amazing how she repeated "And aint I a woman?" over and over again. It was very, very moving.

I LOVED IT.

Racism?

So, after much contemplating and arguing with myself (NOT out loud), I decided that I do not think that Troy Maxson is a racist. Obviously, Troy makes it very well known that he doesn’t exactly favor the white race. He is constantly complaining about what white people do or what white people say, how white people do the things they o and who they do it. (He mostly complained when it came to sports, and also when talking about his job early on in the play). It is not that Troy is racist, because I don’t think he is, but I think he just thinks that he does not owe white people anything. (Which he doesn’t). He doesn’t think he should have to answer to them, deal with them, or anything along those lines. Most people actually would argue that this is a case of racism, but it, in my opinion, is not the least bit racist. Just because he thinks everything stated about, does not necessarily mean that he hates the entire white race. For all we know, he could feel this way about EVERYONE. And I think that he does. He strikes me as the type of character who only wants to answer to his own self and knows he doesn’t owe anyone a thing at all.

It is not racism.