Caged Bird- Defending the Work

             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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