Tuesday, September 23, 2014

Cultural Baggage

I found the short story "Cultural Baggage" to be quite satirical, and quite interesting. The reason I believe the story to be in some way satire is because the woman responds to her friends request for information about her cultural roots with none, and then goes on to explain the rich heritage of the culture of "none." The satire comes full circle when, at the very end, the author says: "My chest swelled with pride, as I know my mother's would, to know that the race of "none" marches on with pride. She makes fun of her own response to saying her race could be described as "none," but to show the deep roots of the race of none, or the race which has no race.

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