When Women Love Men

     This piece is something we see over and over again the theme of two complete opposite background people wanting to be together. This piece is a little bit more complex than the typical love story as there are two women that had been in love with the same guy who passed away. One thing that was interesting was that they both had the same name and both liked the same man but were complete opposites. Isabel Luberza was a white woman who was the wife of Ambrosio, and because of the times was held at a higher standard and more of a "perfect" woman since she was white and of wealth. On the other hand we have Isabel la Negra who was a black woman and the mistress of Ambrosio and like most people of color at this time was looked down upon and was thought poorly of since she was the mistress. This piece wasn't very quite about the fact of how race was a big part of the culture and how people of the minority group, i.e not white were looked down upon and not treated equal. It is fitting that Isabel Luberza was put in her place when she realized half of her dead husbands estate was going to the mistress, meaning he probably liked her better and the only reason he didn't leave her was at the time multi-racial couples were not approved of. It is great reading a story where the person of the minority group ends up getting what he/she deserves in the form of respect and a place in society. All in all, racism in all these stories makes us think about how this affected those people but I feel it is important for us to take these pieces and apply them to today's world as racism in America is a big issue that needs to be solved sooner rather than later.

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