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Women In Sweat By Zora Neale Hurston
There are often times when people tend to antagonize you just because of the color of your skin or your gender. In Zora Neale Hurston’s story, “Sweat”, there is a racial dispute to be argued as well as. The character, Delia was treated like a slave by her husband, Sykes. The color of a person’s skin often was a reflection on the was people were treated.
In “Sweat” by Zora Neale Hurston the main female character, Delia, was treated very poorly by her husband. Sykes,the husband said “You sho is one aggravatin’ nigger woman!” (Hurston 1) In other words he said that she was an annoying black woman. No man in their right mind disrespects their woman like that unless they are racist or simply don't like people of a specific race. A little later into

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