I watched a movie the other night called, "The Color of Friendship". It was
about a white teenage girl from Africa, visiting America on a Foreign Exchange
Program. She was placed in a Black home and was very frightened at first because
she was taught, as a child, to dislike Blacks. She befriends the teenage hostess
and decides that Blacks are not as bad as she was taught to believe. While she
is visiting America she tells her new friend about all the books and television
shows and movies that have been banned from her culture, and she doesn't know
The movie talked about racism and topics that were "illegal" to be talked
about. I don't think anything should be banned because it is wrong or not
covering the world and local 'wrong-doings' we try and shelter our kids from.
People should be able to know what goes on and what we can protect ourselves
from. This book is great and should be on the required reading list for
One of the best things about this book is that Maya talks about the rape so
honestly and openly. She tells us what he said and what he did, and this could
help us prevent anything from happening to us and our loved ones. Maya tells us
of her trip to Mexico and this story helps us to see that even if we are scared
and we feel alone, we have to keep going to save ourselves.
Maya also tells us of her relationship with her Brother, Bailey, her Mother,
"mother dearest", her grandma, "Momma", and her father, Bailey Sr. When she
talks about her family she tells us about their relationships and what they say
or do that is great and what is bad. She describes relationships that she has
When Maya talks about her graduation, she tells us of the speaker they had, who told them and the audience, that he would be surprised if any of them became
successful. Hearing this, Henry Reed, turn
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