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Analyzing Ms. Truth's Speech 'Ar Nt I Woman'

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Fa’Nina McCullough
Dr. Hayes
English 2013-01
25 August 2017

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Who gives people the right to say what qualifies you to be classified as a woman? Who tells you what is considered a male or female works? Only you as the women can tell yourself what you can and can’t do. As a black women’s activist in the early times Ms. Truth was just the women to tell us about the challenges, disagreements, debates and just what can be done and fixed by a black woman in her speech “Ar’nt I Women?” (AA lit, pg.178) in 1851.People have said that anything that a man can do a woman can do. Most people in that time did not believe that, but it can be done. There are always the challenges of a woman that tries to classify you. In the mid 1800’s …show more content…

Truth said in her speech (pg.178), “you need not be afraid to give us our rights for fear we will take too much,- for we can’t take more than our pint’ll hold.” One of the most discussed arguments that has been had till this day. As it has been asked how much can I bare? I can’t take to much more. These things are said by the black woman. When speaking about what can and can’t be handled is solely up to the woman. People try to argue that it is too much and this is not god’s way, but no one can say that but the women or god himself. So as women let us decide what we can handle or better yet let us show you. Women had rights no matter if the man wanted to accept them or not they were always going to be their. Sojourner Truth stated the main concept of women’s having rights on what they can by stating (pg. 180) “I have plowed, and planted, and gathered into barns, and no man could head me- and ar’nt I a woman?”. It puts everyone to a quiet stand because its telling them I can do just as much or more than you do so why can’t I have the same rights to do so? That’s a valid point that most people can’t answer. People are going to judge and talk about how you look and just how you are a woman but what they can’t take from you is that you are a woman and nothing will ever change

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