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Being the descendent of slaves, myself and other black Americans have been subjected to a way of life in America that is considerably different from the world we would have been raised in, had slavery and African colonization never occurred. And in an attempt to reclaim pieces of our African background and feel justified in our anger towards the atrocity that was slavery, I believe that we have become accustomed to only associate ourselves with the monarchial roles that African men and women assumed. However, by doing this, we fail to recognize the other roles that helped form a tight knit, and advanced society. A society that was stained by European colonization which brought with it detrimental patriarchal beliefs that harmed what I think is one of the most essential aspects of Africa, the African woman.