Blog 6

After discussing the topic of reading someone's autobiography versus listening to a secondary point of view, I believe these stories from Jay David's "Growing up Black" are a lot more powerful coming from the person's own experiences. It gives a better picture and understanding of the different actions and emotions that happened during these horrid occurences.

I thought the Gordon Parks story was the one I was able to connect with the best. The way he introduced the struggles of everyday life and the horrible things he whittnessed really put a vivid picture in my head of what these times were like for him. Being able to push through the struggle of being beaten and outcasted and almost coming to believe these instances were in fact normal was really a strong statement by him. It's hard to imagine the feelings that Gordon and others were dealing with on a daily basis.