I Tituba Black Witch of Salem
Racism, sexism, and belief that one way of life is the only way of life are prevalent in every society but should not be tolerated. People being tormented in such a hurtful manner shouldn’t have gone through the horror of being treated that way in any day, time or place. In I, Tituba Black Witch of Salem, Tituba struggled with having her own belief system, the only parents she knew dying, and struggling with the day to day life of just being a woman in that prominent slavery society that the book centers around. Tituba came across a lot of racism within her early life from her own race that caused her to experience some draw backs. For example, when Tituba was forced to live by herself after Mama Yaya died, and she went into the fields all of the other black slaves were looking at her in somewhat of disgust. “When they saw me, everybody jumped into the grass”(pg.11). The slaves thought that Tituba should be working, out with them, because of the color of her skin. They didn’t take into account what she had been through or did they even know what she had been through. They, just knew the color of her skin. In addition, Tituba felt racism from her people in another way. ” “A Negress who can’t dance?”(pg.16). When she didn
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Some common words found in the essay are:
Mama Yaya, John Indian, Salem Tituba, Mama Yayas, Implying Tituba, , Almighty Godpg, Indian Christian, Yaya Tituba, God Holy, mama yaya, own race, mother mama, john indian, tituba racism, mother mama yaya, color skin,
Approximate Word count = 924
Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)
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