Comparing The Welcome Table And Everyday Use By Alice Walker

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Alice Walker is very famous author who by writing books, has revealed the sad injustice and racism in America. Walker shows the oppression and segregation of the black minorities in two of her many stories “The Welcome Table” and “Everyday Use”. In these stories,Walker reflects on the historical happenings in America. In these two, we are finding the comparison between Mama from “Everyday Use” and The old lady from “The Welcome Table”.
In the first comparison The old lady and mama both have been through years of experience and pain. This is because they both lived and are living through the time that the black minority is getting bashed and discriminated against just because of their race. For Mama she wasn’t allowed to

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