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At the beginning of the book Maya is a confused little girl suffering from the associated with being a black child in America. She is also suffering with the pain of living without her parents. Maya is smart and ingenious, but she always feels like other people judge her for being black. She feels very misunderstood and she hates being black. She thinks that she is trapped in a “black ugly dream” and will soon wake up and reveal her true self as a white, blond-haired, blue-eyed girl. Living with her “Momma”, grandmother without her parents she believes her life is an insult on top of the general difficulties. Growing up in the South Maya meets with the same three impediments: white prejudice, black hopelessness, and suppression of women. In spite of all t