Henderickson

Shanteria, Genesis, Mahari, Nasiir
Dr. Greene
Eng. 1101
10 October 2017
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                                                              "Color Sound" 

Throughout her personal story, " Talking in Color: Collision of Cultures"(2013), Tiffany Hendrickson discusses her life of living in cross culture of being a white girl but talking as if she was a black girl. Hendrickson's point of view as a white girl speaking "black" growing up in a black neighborhood , demonstrates the idea of cross culture. Hendrickson talks about her up bring in a black culture in order to inform her audience about the diversity within the voice and how it changes the perception of others. Hendrickson's intended audience was those who can relate to her story and to people who might not know the difficulties she had to endure as she communicated among others.



This reading was intriguing because it was a peculiar experience coming from a white girl. The way that Hendrickson wrote her personal experience was with meticulous examples that was successful so that her audience was able to be put in her shoes. She had to face her own race that didn't understand her. Her experience empowered her to major in communication. Because of her essay, I have more respect for a person's voice.



In a world that judges you by your skin color now also judges you by your voice. Tiffany Hendrickson wrote a personal essay on this to share with us her experience through of having a white face and a "black" voice. She supports her claim by going back in time telling stories. While telling these stories she used a great deal of descriptive diction. " As I wait for the bus, the white faces rushing into school look at me quizzically ... To them it seems strange for a white girl to be standing alone on the sidewalk in the heart of the “ghetto..." (Hendrickson 1). Throughout her personal essay, she asks questions to herself a lot. Questions usually brings interest to the audience as a way of connecting. "...all I can think of is how can they judge someone just by the surroundings? Is it because my language isn’t white enough? Or is it because I’m a product of a household where my mother’s speech is formed neither by the white nor black world but by the deaf world? What does a black girl sound like? Illiterate?" (Hendrickson 2). These questions are probably what the audience may be asking too. Hendrickson end by saying that "  Though the journey has sometimes been painful, I cherish it, but more than the journey, I value most the power of my voice." ( Hendrickson 8) . She ends on a positive note that leaves her audience satisfied.



Hendrickson, Tiffany . “Talking in Color : Collision of Cultures.” Queen City Writers, First Year Writers, 21 Mar. 2013, qc-writers.com/2013/03/21/storming-the-gate-talking-in-color/.