The Role Of Colorism In The Color Purple By Alice Walker

Alice Walker is woman of class, diversity, and feminism. More importantly, she is a civil rights activist, novelist, poet, and essayist. Growing up poor, I would like to think motivated her, and crafted her to the woman she is at this time in her life. Her works is a tasteful gratification of what it was like fighting for equality for all African Americans, affirming the possibility to love and forgive amongst black and white people, and just writing impeccable wisdom. While attending Spelman College, she turned down a scholarship to study abroad in Paris, and instead she went to Mississippi to pursue civil rights.

In one of her most world known books, “The Color Purple”, she predominantly puts her focus on the empowerment and strong building of African Americans. She shadows every vulnerable piece that each of the female characters portray and exposes Celie to feel that the only way to persevere is to remain silent and invisible. The Color Purple is narrated by the main character, Celie. Celie is a victim of sexual, physical and verbal abuse. Her letters to God, in which she begins to pour out her story, becomes her only outlet. She has a difficult time trying to find out who she is and her voice. She feels that she has no power to assert

Recently, we watched a documentary entitled “Who Is Black in America?” In this documentary we watched some young biracial kid’s attempting to expound upon the diversity of their race. I remember one of the girls not so sure of picking one race. She was white and black. When filling out vital applications, you really do not come across “mixed race”, only other. So she have no choice but to pick black. Her best friend whom is of a mixed race, entitles her ethnicity as black. But, when she fills out her college application she picks