Talking back is the what Bell Hooks described as "speaking as an equal to an authority figure." She explains how her elders never spoke freely like that, because they would get slapped. But Hooks describes how this is the age of talking back.
Gates speaks of "talking back" in a different sense. Henry Gates describes how he sometimes is not fond of being an African American, and the attitudes of other African Americans. In a way, he is talking back to his own culture. He sometimes does not feel proud to be a part of a large minority group like that. I can see where he is coming from, because I can imagine a time that I wasn't proud to be a part of my social groups.
Posted by kblax23 on December 8, 2008
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