“Writing and rewriting, practicing, experimenting, I came to comprehend more fully the generative power of language. I discovered- with the help of some especially sensitive teachers-that through writing one can continually bring new selves into being, each with new responsibilities and difficulties, but also with new possibilities.”
Barbara Mellix, From Outside, In
“Throughout the past 4 weeks in this course, I have approached each piece we have read looking for an answer or a quick fix to these cultural differences. After listening to Obama’s “A More Perfect Union” speech, I realized that there is not a single solution. As hard as one may try, we cannot completely knock down these walls that separate us. I think that this is a clear point that Obama’s speech highlights and, while obvious, we tend to overlook this.
Obama reminds us that we are not a perfect union, nor will we ever be perfect. However, if we don’t at least try to come together then division will persist. He affirms that our “racial wounds” are not an issue that can be solved “in a single election cycle, or with a single candidacy”. This is something that America, as a whole, must work on together throughout time.”
Amanda Gen, Healing the Wounds, Sept 25th, 2019
E367: Writing and Diversity 