True Sister Outsiders: Connecting Cherrie Moraga's "La Guera" and Audre Lorde's Zami
by Mathew Eichelberger
I found this piece very moving because it has to deal with gender, race, social class and homosexuality.The culture of New York City speaks for itself we have it all movies, art, sports, music thanks to people from all over the world from different religions crammed like tuna in a can within the five boroughs. I find it most interesting when Mathew Eichelberger says "Zami is a work that echoes Morag's belief that the battle over oppression begins "under the skin"( Moraga 30) and that a connection is needed to break open the silence that creates distance between individuals who should come together for strength"(pg.29). I see it everyday even though I am ashamed to say it "oppression" despite how far gays and lesbians have come such as getting married people from my own town, city, country still living in the past not excepting the future. Things are changing but it will take time i still see the abuse, violence, discrimination against them everyday whether its passing a local high school as simple as name calling or at a night club being persecuted. When Mathew Eichelberger says " a connection is needed to break open the silence that creates distance between individuals who should come together for strength" i believe if they could find something to really open peoples eyes and make them come to realize how wrong they have been for mistreating their fellow Americans! Racism is a time of the past we do not look at a person just by the color of their skin something needs to happen some type of giant movement because we are all much stronger as a nation when we work together. Mathew Eichelberger's writing is very moving with great ideas his word choices really reach out to the reader making us feel how important this issue is and what we can take away from this piece is hope that maybe one day just like all the other obstacles we have over come that this could be a thing of the past.
Reference
Literary LaGuardia spring 2014
Pg.29 "Zami is a work that echoes Morag's belief that the battle over oppression begins "under the skin"( Moraga 30) and that a connection is needed to break open the silence that creates distance between individuals who should come together for strength"
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