Dalton Conley’s Honky is something quite different from the other books because of the effect of a personal narrative; it gives us the knowledge of race and class from another personal perspective, and describes how it is to grow up as a white minority in the midst of a poor black and Latino neighborhood. Read More »
childishness
Honky
By asmaw - Posted on December 16th, 2008
Tagged: childishness
• growing up as a white minority
• Inequality
• learning from your experiences
• personal reflections of an author about his childhood
• projects
• Race
• racial equality
• the book titled Honky
Graduation: Who's REALLY Becoming an Adult?
By burningexample - Posted on June 16th, 2008
Tagged: adulthood
• childishness
• graduation
• growing up
• respect
• responsibilty
• Broad prosperity
• Shared responsibility
• Personal freedom
• Better future
Today, my little brother graduated from high school.
Normally, high school graduation means nothing to me. I downplayed my own graduation and I usually just can't see what all the excitement is about.
But this graduation was different. This was my baby brother's graduation! Read More »
