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“Push” by Sapphire tells a story about a young girl named Precious from Harlem who lived with many sociological issues in her young life. Although this book seems very extreme on what can happen in our American society and very unlikely, this book presents itself as an educational warning to the public. Sadly, these situations that Precious lives through, can easily happen to anyone today because of our messed up American society. Each person has their different oppressions they struggle with every day that create their own unique intersectionality. Precious story can help comfort and educate others struggling in similar situation overcome these social oppression and issues. Even though Precious scenarios were very extreme, she lived through

Precious grew up living below the poverty line and lived in a historically poor neighborhood as well. Since she lived in a poor neighborhood, the education system also becomes underfunded and lacks proper education tools to teach these students. Precious becomes pregnant in the story by her father and has to drop out of school for a few months due to her pregnancy. Since she had to drop out, Precious struggled even more in school to catch up when she came back. The school system left her behind and did little efforts to help Precious catch back up. Luckily, the school administrator saw Precious’s struggles and sent her to an alternative school. At this new school, she could receive the proper support to deal with her sociological issues back home that she brought back into the classroom every day. At this new school, her social moral and self-worth grew in a positive direction with the help of her new classmates and Ms.

Some may live through being sexually abused, live in extreme poverty, or even fall victim of being physical or verbally abused. Whatever the reason is, this book shows an outlet for these struggles. The only way we can help others fight these intersectionality issues is by knowing your privilege and using it to help the oppressed with no voice. In Brittney Cooper’s article “Feminism’s ugly internal clash: Why its future is not up to the white women” she states that “the future of feminism is not up to the white women. Not by themselves anyway”. Educating and spreading the word on resources people have struggling with oppressed issues can make sure Precious’s story stays as a fictional story instead of becoming true story. Imani Perry states in her book review of “Push” that “…if we use the film to open the door to conversations about society, ones that are filled with knowledge, data, and careful analysis… then it can do some useful work in our social and political lives. Perhaps it can inspire solutions to problems of representation and policy challenges”. The best lesson this book teaches to all of American struggling through similar issues is to reach out to a support system. Break the silence and find help for yourself or for your friends, family, neighbors or