Conquest - Chapter 1

" Rape is nothing more or less than a conscious process of intimidation by which all men keep all women in a state of fear." (p.7)

Chapter one was based on the discrimination and racism which was shown in Native American, African American, immigrants in States, and other countries' people. The quote strongly reflect to the whole chapter one which basically describes the fearfulness of women against the men and the humiliation that they had to experienced through their lives. The author claims that non whites were always humiliated or raped by the whites. During that time, they did not have enough power to claim for their rights or justify their innocence. One of the issues was discussing about the female Chinese immigrants who were described as prostitutes. Many native American women was raped and did not had the right to sue the people who raped them. Through the reading, I could realize that they suffered and did not have a right to claim for justice. Discrimination and racism created the invisible hierarchy which made non whites to suffer and live poor live. Basically the quote summarize the whole story that the author is trying to say in chapter one.