"To Protect and Serve": African American Female Literacy’s

In the mist of reading this selection Robinson kept my interest and curiosity fueled with the different perspectives connected to her work as a whole. In the beginning of the work images of black women were described. The images that captivated me the most are in the following quote. “…images of “money hungry heartless bitch,” “Jezzeble,” and the good ole Mamma…” (Richardson 676). These images connected to me on an emotional level because these negative stereotypes for black women are still looked upon as such till this day. My question to this quote is how do we strive to change such negative and derogative images that seem to override the black women’s literacy in the media and the tabloids? I say that we keep proving the system wrong against these “stereotypes and controlling images”! I strongly believe in a positive outlook for women no matter the race. I hold a strong belief in women because they are the dominant factors when it comes to embracing the love that they have for their familes and sharing that love. Even through miles of pain and suffering that may come up, Women of color is steadfast in protecting their children by any means necessary. “…as a nurturer and agricultural head, childrearing and nurturing were shared by women, including extended breastfeeding. …Black females experiences drove them to use whatever they had to protect their children…” (Richardson 682, 683). These quotes are good topics that answer my question; Literacy’s of nurturing, protecting and agriculture are amongst African American Females. As a whole "To Protect and Serve": African American Female Literacy’s affects me positively. Mainly toward the end when the African American female strengths and educational issues were being discussed. The ultimate point that I got from reading this selection is as follows, “sometimes as a human race we are going to come upon battlefields that try to bring us down, but it’s up to the self-sufficiency of the human race to prove the system or power that is enforcing such degrade wrong, by reaching for what is right and needed”.