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Racism and women

...... Some of this was due to legislation and other issues that forced these feelings on the white population (McGoldrick, 1995). Some of it was due to the growth of the nation, and to the realization that perhaps skin color was not as important to the inner worth and beauty of a person as was first thought (Chapman, 2008). Some of it, however, came about because of literature. The literature written by African-Americans is often much bolder than the literature written by Caucasian authors. Because of this, insights are given into the social beliefs and attitudes of the African-American people. Traditionally, African-Americans have been a more social race than Caucasians, and they have not been consumed with anger at those who were different from them (Chapman, 2008). They often have larger immediate families, larger extended families, and bigger groups of friends than Caucasians do. Often, several generations will share the same house for a number of years. African-Americans as a generalization appear to be more open and outgoing than many Caucasians are (Samuels, 2008)
While this is not true of every African-American person, it is true of many. Because of their feelings about the strong ties that belong to families