“Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power.” - Abraham Lincoln. Italic nerd Narrative of The Life of Frederick Douglass by Frederick Douglass explain connects to this quote on a deep level. Although this book has many social issues, power is the one that stands out. Slaves were controlled by white people, only because they thought they had more power over them. When actually they didn’t. If the white people didn’t have power, things would have been drastically different. Even though the whites thought they had power over blacks, we still had many black heros help change the future for other generations. Frederick Douglass was one of those heros. Frederick Douglass was perhaps the most powerful and influential black American of his time. In summary, white males in America sometimes abuse their power. From slavery to present day, white people are privileged and are accepted more in America, which makes them feel higher and more powerful. This is important because caucasians in America abusing their power is an ongoing problem that needs to be addressed because it oppresses black people. Readers can learn how privileged white people are and how they take advantage from the benefits of being privileged. …show more content…
It is the first time in America’s history that majority of blacks live outside of the South. Black workers continued to be concentrated in less-skilled jobs. They were the last hired; first fired. White people knew how to manipulate blacks, because they knew how people thought of them. People thought the were superior or more intelligent, that everything they said was right. They even thought they were better looking than them. That’s because ever since the colonial era, blacks have been treated less than, and like they were ugly human beings. .Even though, the true ugly human beings were