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suds     It is easy to see why a person would find "Sweat" an offensive degree.Many who read this story bequeath find that the style in which it is written to bedegrading to the African American black market. However, this assumption has littlebacking. Zora Hurston is clearly relaying a story that tells of her time. Tosay "Sweat" is stereotypical is to deny the fact that this is the way thingswere at one time.     For a person to acknowledge the way things were is to merely recallhistory. Why should a race be ashamed of their history? They would bettertheir own values by taking this story for what it is worth. Not only does ittell of their ancestors way of life, but it shows how things consider changed forthe better.     If one could not write stories about their experiences in the past thepublic would be unknowing of its culture and heritage. Hurston even usedreference to Jewish spate in this story. T hey also were slaves and were go aboutwith over four hundred years of hardships and inequalities. It has not beenknown for the people of the Jewish faith to be insulted by the leger which tellstheir stories. In fact, they use it as a way of life. It serves as a learningtool that proved how strong they were and how much suffering they had to endure.When they are faced with problems they relate back to stories, just as this, tofind that strength once again.     Mrs. Hurston, being a African American herself, should have the right totell a story of her heritage without being persecuted. The fact that that ishow African Americans spoke during that time should not be cause forembarrassment. It is just a fact of how things were. When relating a storyfrom a certain time period, it should be written in the dialect used at thattime.     The people who find this story demeaning are manifestly choosing to notbelieve this is how things were. If you cha nge the facts, you change thehistory. People of all nationalities have parts of their heritage that theywould rather not admit to, but a shift made should be noted and then changedif possible. It should not be forgotten due to its unpleasantness.     The more African Americans are ignored for their differences, the morethey have to localise themselves apart from the "typical" white American. For example,black people were given equal rights and equal opportunities in the workingworld with affirmative action. These things were obtained through the request