Comparing Zin And Dill's Ain T I A Women
According to Maxine Baca Zin and Bonnie Thorton Dill authors of Differences and Domination, the reason as to why we add so much emphasis on race and gender is based on the “socially ranked and rewarded. It is the social response to these biological characteristics that result in inequality” (Zin and Dill 4). They continue to add emphasis on women of color, that “women of color [are] subordinated […] because patters of hierarchy domination, and oppression [are…] built into the structure of society. Inequality, in other words, is structured socially” (Zin and Dill 4). What Zin and Dill are stating is reiterating Sojourners Truth speech, they capture the same essence. It can be interpreted in Ain’t I a Women?, that Sojourner Truth believes that women during the time period of slavery are only being oppressed to do the fact that over previous years, people grew up with the idea of slavery in their mind. By having such ideology at such a young age it begins to form the way you think when one is much older; thus, creating a never ending cycle. In addition, Sojourner Truth does not only address black women being oppressed by society, but also women as a sex. That they will always be oppressed by men; it is not to say that everyone internally wants to be a man, in fact they are proud of their role in society.