In her writing Bell Hooks talks about "talking back" as a kid she would talk back when her parents said something, much like most children, but when she grew up "talking back" became her voice? as an African American citizen. She used her talking back voice to discribe how she would talk to authority figures as an equal, in doing so she strengthend her opinion.
Gates does the same thing in his memoir Colored People, he talks back to his cultures identity because he doesn't like that they dont' present it to the outside world.
Posted by arcite on November 14, 2008
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