Journal #2 ch. 3-4 Their Eyes...

All y'all 'omen need tuh reach hiya an show how strong yuh are. We be spected to go down a bad path from de day we was born. But we needs tuh prove dem wrong and make somethin of ourselves in dis world. 

We spected tuh do workin from when de sun come up tuh when de sun come down ereday. We's black 'omen needs tuh make somethin uh aselves. No mo cookin an cleanin an workin all de day long. We make de men do dat fo us.  We 'omen are free jus like de menfolk, so dey should treat us as equals. We make dem babies an what dey do fo us? Dey make us do mo cookin an cleanin. 

We need to be strong ladies fo our chillun, yuh hear! Dey don need tuh see us cryin an moanin bout our workin. We needs tuh be examples fo dem, an step up an show dem that they can have a future much betta den ours. We be given our lives to make somthin outa dem. So be useful and show jus how powerfull us 'omen can be!