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Umm Zakiyyah�s novel if I Should Speak, depicts the nature of social system of humankind. There is inequality and biased social justice system which deprive Tamika, the protagonist, to get her justice in the society. Tamika was African-American Christian girl who shared her room with her friend Jennifer in the residential of college. She had fight with her friend which gone to extent of leading to physical assault. In that physical assault Jennifer got little injured and it went into another extent by the extravagant of Jennifer�s friend Mandy�s speech. She blamed everything on Tamika Douglas. The Residential Advisory Board also favored the side of Jennifer. It didn�t hear the story of other side. It just keeps on going to blame Tamika for whatever happened in that particular fight. Tamika learns to shed some of the xenophobic attitudes she has adopted growing up in the hearing room of Advisory Board. She lost her faith in system of justice which was biased and in favour of Jennifer who belongs to white race. Hence the voice of Tamika Douglas was unheard and the hope, she had on justice was lost because of biased and prejudiced perception.