The
article discusses two major social problems in the U.S.—racial
discrimination and women’s rights in a man’s world.
Written in the 1970s, the text tells us what is happening
in the U.S. today. As a black woman elected to Congress,
Shirley Chisholm here presents a true picture of the
two major social problems in the U.S. from her personal
experience.
The article aims at raising
the public’s awareness of sexual inequality for women.
The author thinks it is harder to eliminate the prejudice
against women, because women in the U.S. are much more
brainwashed and content with their roles as second-class
citizens than blacks ever were. She calls upon the American
women to realize the qualities they naturally have or
have had to develop because of their suppression by
men. She holds that the country needs women’s idealism
and determination, perhaps more in politics than anywhere
else.
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