Talking In Color Dorothy Hendrickson Summary

Societal Degradation When considering Dorothy Allison’s “Context” and Tiffany Hendrickson’s “Storming the Gate: Talking in Color” I believe in the valid points and or thoughts shared between both authors. From analyzing these two essays it is apparent that there is a negative implication in regards to socioeconomic status, class and racism in the world we live in. My goal in this paper is to supplement the issues brought about by these two authors and give reference to research also supporting these issues. Tiffany Hendrickson’s “Storming the Gate: Talking in Color” is an essay about the prejudice a teen faced growing up as her voice did not match her identity. Tiffany Hendrickson was unable to afford the luxury of going to school with the other white children. With her mother being deaf and her father having little to no education, by societal means she was already at a loss. Her voice was not deemed white but she in fact was white. How could it be that the way you sound depicts what color you are?
Dorothy Allison did not experience the same exact issue of voice in “Context”, but there was a different …show more content…
population” (Lott 6). No wonder author Dorothy Allison felt as though her beach was mildly insignificant and little in comparison to her lover. In today’s society it isn’t odd for the lower class to be insecure about their culture and lives as adolescence because of its poor quality. In Allison’s essay she wondered what type of context the Jewish man had for her and her father. Well, what type of context does our society have for the lower class? A Pew Research Center survey found that Black respondents, by a 2 to 1 ratio, believe that the values of poor and middle-class African Americans have grown further apart (cf. Gates, 2007). (Lott