To Da-Duh

     This short story could not be more relevant in today's climate. The story is a dialogue between a grandma and her granddaughter and the granddaughter visiting Barbados for the first time coming from New York. When the granddaughter lands in Barbados she is instantly shocked by the sights and sounds as it is vastly different than New York. Her grandmother seems to care about the skin color of her grandchildren which is an interesting issue as typically grandparents don't care how old their grandchildren look or what their grandchildren do. You can tell her that her grandma respects people of lighter skin tone more than people of darker skin tone and looks higher of people with a lighter skin tone. In the piece the granddaughter talks about how she beat up a white girl at school and a first her grandmother is taken back by this as that is something that would never happen in Barbados. Unfortunately this is a common theme we see in the Caribbean literature, the theme being that skin color is a very important factor on your Socio economic status. This short story does a nice job of showing how both the older and younger generations are able to offer each other different stories that have teachable moments. It is important for not only the younger generations but for the older generations to learn the new ways and adapt to them rather than get stuck in their ways. Is equally important for the younger generations to listen to what the older generations have to say as they have had years of wisdom and experience that the younger generations just do not have yet.

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