The basis of slavery was the belief that black people were inferior to white people. It is now vivid that education was the separating factor which lead to such beliefs. In an essay by Frederick Douglass, who began his life as a slave, it is proven that his masters strongly opposed his wishes to become educated, for the very reason that he would begin to see things in perspective. In becoming educated, the enlightenment it brought, came as a great shock to him “ it opened my eyes to a horrible pit, but no ladder upon which to get

Between Douglass and Steinem, a lot in terms of self discovery and determination to overcome obstacles in their lives are shared. A small dose of the truth was enough to give them the strength to go all the way. They both dedicated themselves to bringing about change, and in both cases succeeded. Though fighting different forms of oppression, they were fighting the same war for freedom…. and justice for all.

Female discrimination has existed parallel to slavery, and has done much better in standing against time. It has only been more recently that drastic changes in the favour of women have surfaced. Gloria Steinem, a female activist began her campaign as a college student when the vibes of social imbalance began presenting themselves to her. Only to find out that later on in life things got even worse as with marriage and child bearing, less and less was expected from women in general. She claims that such realisations are the driving force of the feminist, which grow stronger with age “ more noses are kept to more grin

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Gloria Steinem, , Broca Mismeasure…104-5, Frederick Douglass, Douglass Steinem, Mismeasure Man”, American Indians, Jay Gould, Europeans African, female discrimination, inferior white, white males,