Tina Mcelroy Ansa's The Center Of The Universe

Tina McElroy Ansa’s article, “The Center of the Universe” discusses her childhood. Ansa thesis is “When I write, I still envasion myself standing at the fountain surrounded by my family, my community, my hometown, my state, my country, and the world.” The point Ansa is trying to make is that your childhood shapes your adulthood and your views on the world of being an American. Ansa was raised in the south in Macon, Georgia which was her center of the universe. He childhood was different then many in the south. She was a product of Americanization by the way the segregation and discrimination was not present at this time. She saw firsthand how whites gave her a better treatment then they would as she was their daughter. This helped her see