The major circles of reality in American society replicate the power and powerlessness in American society – the first, a large circle of white people,he major circles of reality in American society replicate the power and powerlessness in American society – the first, a large circle of white people,mostly men, experience power and influence; far away from it, and the second is a constricted space or a small circle inhabited by the black people, regardless of sex, who experience uncertainty, exploitation and powerlessness. The third circle is enclosed within the second one, in which black women experience pain, remoteness and defencelessness portraying a concrete picture of how blacks are treated by whites.Keywords: black, exploitation, pain, whites, remoteness.