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stew     It is easy to see why a person would find "Sweat" an offensive story.Many who read this story will find that the style in which it is written to bedegrading to the African American race. However, this assumption has humblebacking. 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 air 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. non only does ittell of their ancestors way of life, but it shows how things have changed forthe better.     If one could not write stories about their experiences in the past thepublic would be unknowing of its stopping point and heritage. Hurston even usedreference to Jewish state in this story. They also w ere slaves and were facedwith over four hundred years of hardships and inequalities. It has not beenknown for the wad of the Jewish faith to be insulted by the Bible 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 rationality 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 obviously choosing to notbelieve this is how things were. If you change the fac ts, you change thehistory. People of all nationalities have parts of their heritage that theywould earlier not admit to, but a mistake 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 set themselves apart from the "typical" white American. For example,black people were given equal rights and equal opportunities in the operativeworld with affirmative action. These things were obtained through the request