Phillip Mose
AFS 102
Rahwa Meharena

African American woman as you all know have it the worst in this country that we live in. The United States of America has downgraded blacks in general from when the first African slaves were force into the North American colony of Jamestown, Virginia, in 1619 to social inequality today. At the same rate, so did females, blacks harsher than whites. Females faced sexism everywhere they went. Females were portrayed to be just housewives sitting at home watching the kids and cooking dinner. As it’s bluntly known, due to the fact that black women had to fight for both racism and sexism, black woman in America have it worse. For a long time America had fought within each other due to the fact that we are all racist. All in a sense that no matter how civil we get there will always be a dispute between races, class, and overall social stratification. America is at this point where people are put into a system that ranks them from the top to the bottom. With that being said, with all the commotion of equality and inequality our country still shows love and peace to all. It might not be the love and peace we want but it’s enough to where if it’s done right, people from the lower class have a chance to live the American Dream. La June Montgomery Tabron is an African American woman who is a CEO of The Kellogg Foundation, she states, "In so many ways, my own journey illustrates the power and impact of what is possible with the right conditions.” (Byng 2013). No one really knows exactly what the American Dream is but it’s a sign of hope for those who don’t have much. This world we live in, especially now in America, it is controlled by those who have money and power or in other words, the top 1%. The top 1% could consist of many powerful rich people from Politian’s to those of CEOs. Fifty years ago it would have been impossible for