Examples Of Servility In Americah

As I read along the amazing book of Americanah, I recognized a word which is servility. Many people may think that the remained racism inside America, or even outside of America, should ascribe to the pride of the white people, but I would consider the original servility of some of the colored people is the mean reason of the discrimination towards themselves. Also, many people attribute the power-admiring culture to the arrogant riches, but in fact, the servile poors should take some responsibility of this morbid phenomenon. Servility is the eager to sound like Americans. When Ifemelu takes the telesaleman's call, she speaks an American accent of English, and the salesman tells her that her accent "sounds just like Americans". Many foreigners who speak English would consider this as a compliment, such as the girls in the hair salon, they praise the other customer for her "American accent". It is sad for those foreigners who speak English, especially if they are from a English speaking country, to assume their own accent of English is considered inferior.
When Ginika first arrives in America, she finds out that most of the white girls are skinny, so she starts to lose weight. When Ifemelu goes to a job interview, Aunt Uju suggests her to relax her hair so that she and white person will look more alike . All these details illustrate that people, no matter they are white or not, consider not looking like white as not being beautiful. Servility is the eager to look like