The stories this week were, in all honesty, extremely frustrating since they confirmed my beliefs on capitalism, gender, race, and oppression. Since we are women who are a part of the feminist movement, I find it shocking that there is still such a gap between where we need to be and where we are. The articles did, in my opinion, include plenty of knowledge that is crucial for education since the more we comprehend, the more we are able to act from a position of total understanding. I do think we can readily see where the problems are when it comes to how capitalism affects race and gender, such as in pay gaps, marketing tricks, and unequal treatment of women of color when it comes to their health. Studies have really found that African American women had the highest chance of dying during childbirth of any race. I find this fact to be shocking as well as disturbing. Another issue is that women of color are expected to have children before getting married as soon as they reach childbearing age, as if this were the only acceptable way to live.