I, tituba black witch of salem
I, tituba black witch of salemRacism, sexism, and belief that one way of life is the only way of life are prevalent in every society but should not be tolerated. People being tormented in such a manner shouldn't have went through the horror of being treated that way in any day, time or place. In "I, Tituba Black Witch of Salem", Tituba struggled with having her own belief system, the only parents she knew dying, and struggling with the day to day life of just being a woman in that society.
Tituba came across a lot of racism within her early life. For example, when Tituba had to live by herself after Mama Yaya died, and she went into the fields all of the other black slaves were looking at her in somewhat of disgust. The slaves thought that Tituba should be working, out with them, because of the color of her skin. They didn't look at what she had been through or even did they know what she had been through, just the color of her skin. In addition, Tituba felt racism from her people in another way. When she didn't know how to party and didn't know how black people were "supposed" to act she felt resentment and animosity from the blacks present. They felt as if she didn't know how to be one of them and that she was not truly "black". We take from these examples that racism isn't always felt from someone outside of your race but it can be felt the same if not even more heartfelt from with in your race.
Religion isn't really something you practice in Tituba's vocabulary; she has formed her own beliefs that have been instilled in her by her mother and Mama Yaya. When Tituba first walks into her new mistress's house, the mistress asks her husband John Indian if she is a Christian. He lies of course, but in his heart she knows that she knows none such preaching. The mistress knows that Tituba isn't one that is to learn the teachings and calls on the priest, to help and banish Tituba. In Tituba's point of view, she sees nothing wrong in her beliefs...
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