In paragraph 5 (p. 267) of "Black Unlike Me," Jana Wolff says "The process of becoming black must lie somewhere beyond ethnic tchotchkes like these." For your new blog response, please answer the following two quetsions:
1) What does she mean in this quote?
2) She follows this line by saying "I'm not sure where." Where do *you* think the process should lie? In other words, how do you think her child should/could figure out "becoming black"?
Due: Before our next class (Monday, 3/23)
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I believe what she means by this isw that even if her son has all these trinkets of black culture in his room, it doesn't mean he will know how to be black. All the images & trinkets don't really help him to define black standards. He has to do that on his own. The parent can help with exposure, but the black is deep inside. He will have to discover it on his own, with his daily living.
ReplyDeleteWhen she says she's not sure where, I believe that he has to start with what he has in his life. He's only in 2nd grade. His friendships, parents, family and friends support willo have to help guide him and allow him to accept the challenges he may face on figuring out "becoming black". I will be a daily learning process.
ReplyDeleteI think what she means is that being black is something that her child has to discover on his own and that there is no way she can just define what it means to be black in just words, i think she wants her son to discover his background through experiences with friends and family. I think he can dicover more by also learning more about the history of his people and culture.
ReplyDeleteI think she means like the dumb way she has been trying to help him become his own black person.
ReplyDeleteI think she realized that it wasnt up to her but it would happen later on in life that he would find his own self in a black person. When the time is right her son would understand and become that great person she wants him to be but it will certainly happen outside her house and white arms.
I think that in the quote shes trying to say that she thinks that her child should know that he is from a difference race. Even though she is white and doesnt know exactly how to tell him or show him i think that it shouldnt matter. I think that she shouldnt even bring race up. She should just rasie him to the best of her ability. Theres always gonna be some sterotypes or whatever could go wrong. But either way he is going to have to deal with it. I think that i would be best for him to have some friends that may be black or something that can teach him his cutlure or whatever. I think that peers have a great deal to do with how kids think and where they get their ideas from. She is doing what she knows and since she is white thats not very much, but i give her credit for trying because i honestly dont know how i would deal with something like this myself.
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