Something I enjoyed about her writing was that she was straightforward about how she felt towards Cummin. Although her writing was aggressive Gurba did say how a white person shouldn’t write about Mexican people like that. It’s understandable how she felt because as a daughter who comes from Mexican parents, even I can’t say how they are or live because I’ve never experienced it. The only ones who truly understand are those who experience both American and Mexican lifestyle. Some things I would change were her word choice. Personally, I would be careful with my words since I wouldn’t like to offend anyone in any way but if it’s her way of showing emotion, then I say go for it. Gurba did explain how her roommate was basically mocking her by wearing her clothes which I thought was unacceptable. My question to her was how does she handle oppression? Did she ever talk to someone about what happened with Martinez?
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Professor: Jessica Penner
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I agree with you because you cannot speak about someone’s culture and the way they grew up if you did not grow up in the same upbringings.
I agree with you that she would change her word choice. firstly I also thought the same because not every writer uses that word in their writing but after I fined her reading her work, my opinion definitely changed about her writing. I think the words that Gurba used were correct as her arguments towards negative people.