Summary Of Deborah Brandt's Sponsors Of Literacy

In Deborah Brandt’s article, Sponsors of Literacy, she compares Raymond Branch and Dora Lopez’s experiences with literacy. Brandt argues that race and class impact how much access people have to literacy sponsorship. In my perspective, Brandt’s argument is accurate. The differences among Branch and Lopez are fair reasonings to justify Brandt’s dispute. Branch was a European American who was raised by parents with steady and successful jobs. Since Branch’s father was a professor, he has more access to his father’s science lab, his personal computer, and additional advanced technology from his father’s work place. He resided in an increasing city, and he was capable to access computers at a young age. Dora Lopez had access to her father who obtained …show more content…
Lopez lived in a more rural region far from the city, and her parents have low paying jobs. Although Branch and Lopez were both capable to relate themselves in learning development, Raymond Branch in computer programming and Dora Lopez in biliteracy, it was a lot harder for Lopez to acquire a rich literacy environment. For example, it was necessary for Lopez to have a job that allowed her to have access to a computer, and that did not happen until she was thirteen years old. She taught herself how to read and write along with two languages. She accessed computers around a year later than Branch, and her biliterate skills aided her in the work area; however, they both ended up in the literacy field. Opportunities were more limited for Lopez, and she worked double as hard to achieve her goals. Unfortunately, the claims that Brandt states are true. Even though their race and class were completely unlike, they were still capable to accomplish the same goal. Nevertheless, their access to literacy sponsors were different. In an ideal world, everyone is equal along with equal opportunities; however, that does not always