How It Feels To Be Colored Me Summary

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The main message of Hurston’s article “How It Feels to Be Colored Me” is that all people are equal and should therefore be treated the same way regardless of their skin color. Some people treat different colored persons as someone useless. In her article Hurston says, “I feel my race. Among the thousand white persons, I am a dark rock surged upon, and over swept, but through it all, I remain myself” (2). There really is no difference in skin color; what matters is what each person has inside. Though some people today still believe that there is a big difference from where you come from. Hurston also says, “I belong to no race nor time. I am the eternal feminine with its string of beads” (3). Hurston explains that she does not belong to a race