Summary Of Gloria Naylor's Meanings Of A Word

Of the three reading assignment for this week, I found myself uniquely connected to “Meanings of the Word”. This reading was very sensitive in nature, and filled with powerful content. The author Gloria Naylor, wrote “Meanings of a Word” using illustration and in a descriptive manner while telling her story with a gifted influential tone. In my early years, late 60’s and 70’s this deplorable term defined throughout this reading, was a racial slur used by a family member in my home. Having a profound opinion about this word, I vowed never to utter this cruel and disgraceful word. Until this reading, I lacked an understand of why people, Black American’s, referenced by Gloria Naylor’s in this week’s reading, would normalize this word.