I know why the Cage Bird Sings

In the book, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, by Maya Angelou, she discusses the way of life in the South/ North being a Black American. "Being born black is itself a liability in a world ruled by white standards of beauty which the child is a priori in a cage of ugliness (pages 365-366, Smith)." Throughout the book, the reader should see the difference between the blacks and whites. Her experiences throughout the book show the things that oppressed the black race primarily in the South.

" Wouldn't they be surprised when one day I woke out of my black ugly dream, and my real hair which was long and blond, would take place of the kinky mass…my blue eyes would hypnotize them, after all the things they said about " my daddy must have been a Chinaman". Then they would understand why I never picked up my Southern accent, or spoke common slang, and why I had to be forced to eat pigs' tails and snouts. Because I was really white and because a cruel fairy stepmother, who was under...