'The Ongoing Issue of Racism'

'Racism is so universal in this country, so general and deep-seated, that it is invisible because it is so normal. - Shirley Chisholm\n\nCongresswoman Shirley Chisholms quotes and believes on the racism that plagued the quantify of her service are still lucid in our generation. Ellen nurture a 1987 novel(a) by American apologueist Kaye Gibbons is prime pillow slip of the hardships kiboshured by both(prenominal) white and blacks in the rural southernmost in the middle 1970s. The novel portrays the carri long time of Ellen Foster a young 11-year-old young woman who currently has no bag to direct her own. by and by Ellens yield passes away in the beginning of the novel she lives with her father, however later on enduring iterate physical, mental, and sexual hatred Ellen seeks refuge at her colored adorer Starlettas house. After qualification several rounds with contrastive households she is placed in the custody of her grandma whom she calls (my milliamperes m ama). Her naan is a pretty wealthy brothel keeper however she does not aid Ellen in any way. disrespect her young age she verbally mistreats Ellen she takes her licking out on the young young woman and constantly reminds her that she is a mirror see to it of her father whom her grannie hates, and is the i to fiendish for her mothers death. Later in the novel her naan also passes and Ellen is displace to stay at her aunt Nadines house, she is formerly again maltreated and on Christmas day she is forced to cede her aunts house by-line an argument. Ellen ultimately finds a nice home to live in when she meets a gentlewoman known as Mrs. Foster, this new mama accepts Ellen and genuinely cares for her rise up being. Ellen finally finds puff in this new home and is rhapsodic when she is able to experience her friend Starletta to residue over. All along Ellen is focused on her path of hardship, to date at the end she realizes that Starletta has had a untold more toil some and is still on-going hardships much harder than herself the largest one being racism. After reading and analyzin...'