The Colored Girl

Fannie Barrier Williams "The Colored Girl" is testament to the will of black women. Through every obstacle that is put in front of her she overcomes and perseveres through society's trangressions against her. Placed on the bottom of a social hierarchy created by racism and cruelty based on the color of ones skin she defiantly prevails. "The colored girl may have character, beauty, and charm ineffable but she is not in vogue," speaks to this disrepency. Having all the qualities that represent the zenith of womanhood she is rejected because of her skin tone and features. Williams states "it is because of race predijuice the colored girl is called upon to endure and overcome more difficulties than confront any other woman in the country."A Black women's path in life is more treacherous than others with her race and gender being an obstacle. The greatest obstacle of all, in my opinion, is a black woman never got to define herself. Negative stereotypes was created about her as soon as she was taken to the other side of the Atlantic in chains.Such claims as being oversexual, infeminine because of bodily features, and subhuman because of the color of her skin has placed her on the bottom of a society created by patriarchy and race that is not her own. African American women fought through these harsh difficulties since the beginning and before they were recognized as part of society as a person, as woman. She fought to define herself from the white oppressors who tried with all their might to break the very fabric of her being and against all odds and through  many calendars of time to define herself and debunk the negative roles that society unjustly cast her as such as the prostitute, the immoral sexual deviant and unfit mother. Even black men themselves stood in her path believing the lies spread upon them through centuries of degradation. The text declares that "we have many colored men who hold degrading opinions of ignorant white men that all colored girls are alike. They lose sight that colored girls are apt to be just as pure, noble, sweet as the best of our men insist upon them being." With the disillusionment of black men of rejecting their own beautiful sisters black women persevered once again. Their struggle remains till this day to have the up most respect they deserve. The obstacles placed upon their feet was done out of fear as the world has known what black women have known since she gave birth to men. She is thee most beautiful, strongest, and magnificient women on Earth. No matter what detours is thrown her way this truth can not be denied.