Alice Walker review
Alice Walker, in a short story called Advancing Luna- and Ida B. Wells, reflects back on her life to a friendship she had with a white girl in the sixties. She does so in a approach to which she justifies herself and her actions with still a sense of uncertainty. Through her language and descriptions it is clear that Walker is still struggling with the structure to which this friendship relied. She tells of her relationship with Luna in a state of confusion, searching for answers and yearning for closure. While reading Walkers piece I felt an immediate connection. It was the end of the second paragraph that caught my attention most abruptly. Walker wrote, "she assumed of course (I guess) that I did not wish to ride with her because she was white...yet I was struck by her passivity, her patience as she sat on the truck alone and ignored..."(86). This passage caught my attention because it was something that I could relate to on a personal basis. If I were Luna in that situation I may have thought my whiteness the reason Alice Walker would not ride with me. More so though I realized that I often am conscious of the fact that people might assume my actions to be racially mot
I was so curious but yet had to be so patient to earn that bond. I had for once the feelings that "minority" creates everyday. Explain to her why she didn't mention it for five years; that she finally felt that bond in a friendship that goes beyond race. I assumed that we would all get along, hang out, bond, and be friends. I assumed as did Walker in the story. I wanted to just call her up and tell her that Luna was really raped and she had no reason to doubt her. And, we did, we were all great friends by the end of the year. After a while I could speak freely and I was confident that I could ask questions without being seen as offensive but genuinely curious and concerned. By the end I felt so in touch with her character that I could provide Alice Walker with the questions she wanted answered and even more-so that I could provide closure to the story. Patiently and passively earning trust by listening, learning, and sympathizing. In reading about Luna I felt as though I knew exactly what she was feeling and could expand so much on the portrayals that Walker gives. Maybe someday it will be automatic or irrelevant but in order to progress it is necessary in today's society. It took me realizing what exactly whiteness meant, understanding white privilege and not being ashamed, hearing stories of prejudice or ignorance without being offended, learning the culture as a guest, and understanding the difference in "whites as a race" and "me as white". I wanted to learn as much as I could about cultures other than mine and push harder and harder for equality.
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