End of Discrimination
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It is almost possible to state that all people in society have experienced a certain type of discrimination. Whether it is discrimination against skin colour, gender, sexual preference, or age, discrimination is clearly evident throughout society. Unfortunately, in both, Alice Walker's, The Color Purple, and Masani Montague's, Dread Culture, the black women and men have equally fought and attempted to overcome discrimination. Celie, one of Alice Walker's characters, was faced daily with discriminatory encounters involving the man she was forced to marry. By being told that women were worthless for her entire life, Celie realized that that inappropriate way of thinking was unacceptable; she then ventured to defeat it. In Dread Culture, aunt Mavis did not try to hide the fact that discrimination against black people was still detectable in society. She taught her children that trying to transform oneself into what society calls "normal" will not assist in demolishing discrimination. Also, Sheba Tafari, the proud, black, Jamaican woman from Dread Culture, realizes at a young age to accept her heritage for what it is. Discrimination is a monster that should have been destroyed a long time ago; however, it is still alive and shows hardly any signs of being banished. Although many of the characters experience discrimination throughout both novels, each of them overcomes it in their own way...