In order to start this paper; I would like to explain why I have chosen Alice Walker as the author to write about. Through my own life experience I too have felt the pains prejudice. As a child I attended catholic schools as a means of education. Through the years from sixth grade to half of seventh I attended a private school in providence called Holy Name. There were only four white students in the entire school. That is including my brother and me. There was another white teenager in my brother's class and another white child in the fist grade.
             At that time, I was recently coming from another private school that was in Cranston and the general family income of those students was much higher than the income of the families at Holy Name. This was quite a change.
             When I first got there it was difficult to make friends. I was made fun of for being so "pale" and was called names like "ghost". I can remember one particular incident when I was sitting in the middle of the classroom and the teacher left the room. All the students began to throw crayons, pens, pencils, and markers at me. Even though they hurt I just sat there and didn't say anything or even move. I never told on them because you don't make friends by being a "tattle tail". After a while, things got better. By the time I left that school I had made many friends, some that I consider best friends.
             For this reason, I chose to write about Alice Walker. I'm not saying that my experience could come close to any unfair situations that Alice Walker or any other African American may have faced. I do believe though, that if "childish" sixth graders can overcome bigotry than so can adults. Alice Walker must have believed this as well, for if she didn't, then she would have given up her fight for civil rights. She carries the theme of African American suffrage and prejudice, especially against w...