... this occurs, the general public is let off the hook, so to speak, from actually considering the merits of the ideals being presented due to the bias of the presenter. For example, a black man cannot hope to eradicate racism by claiming whites are actually inferior; it is a self- ... self, but from within the compulsory borders of a patriarchal society. The female writer cannot form an independent identity while conforming to an imposed one, and without a separate identity there can be no equality. In "Vesuvius At Home," another of Rich's essays, these borders are even more evident. This ...

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