Summary Of The Farming Of Bones By Sojourner Truth

Race has destroyed the unity between people in the Caribbean since Africans were forced into slavery. The idea of what the Africans were made them seem like objects and not human beings. They were stereotyped as dirty, unintelligent and shipped as cargo. While the Whites were treated as Gods and represented as pure even when they commit horrible acts. White identities even in todays times are not fixed, it is constantly being developed and transformed in different societies around the world. Even in a speech by Sojourner Truth, Ain’t I a Woman she discusses the difference in treatment between her and white women, not just expressing how her race has affected her life but how gender and class can play a role as well. Throughout history and still in todays society Cuba and
Her first twin who she discovers is a boy skin complexion is described as coconut-cream colored and cheeks compared to the color of the blush pink of water lilies. While her second surprise, a girl, was almost strangled by her mother's umbilical cord, came out a deep bronze, between colors of tan Brazil nut shells and black salsify. This scenario is what I felt represented the relationship of Haitians and Dominicans the best. Both twins are seen to share a womb and been created the same way just like how Haiti and the Dominican Republic are not only born in the same body of water but is the only Caribbean island to share the same land mass and viewed completely different. The mother was astonished at the appearance of her daughter asking Amabelle, “do you think my daughter will always be the color she is now?” (Danticat 1998, p.12). However not as shocked as her father who was quick to recognize their roots that trace back to Spain! Her father Papi was disappointed at the complexion of his granddaughter and even tried to blame the father for the skin tone of Rosalinda