In the article, Memoria Is a Friend of Ours: On the
Discourse of Color, Victor Villanueva introduces a new look at discourse. His
main concern is that he is an “uneasy mix of races that make for no race at all
yet find themselves victim to racism” (176). He believes that his discourse
should reflect that he is an American, from Brooklyn, jazz and rock ‘n’ roll,
with an ancestry dating back before the Europeans, a person of color and an
academic.
Victor Villanueva’s article can be related to Gee’s concept
of primary and secondary discourse. Villanueva suggests that he was born into a
primary discourse by prejudice. He believes that there should be a discourse
for all of his interests having nothing to do with the color of his skin.
QD: 7. I believe that Villanueva was born into the Discourse
of being Puerto Rican. I believe that his secondary Discourse included the
things that he liked or hobbies, although they weren’t the same as other people
his race. I think it is more complex than Gee’s article accounted for. There is
always more to a person than the race they are born into.
I think that Villanueva is making a very good point about
discourse communities. Almost every discourse communities come along with a
certain social view or stereotype. I liked the examples provided to back up
what Villanueva was trying to accomplish.
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