Summary: In the article "Memoria is a Friend of Ours: On the Discourse of Color", Victor Villanueva attempts to explain the discourse communities of race. He explains that different races have different communities in the United States. He also explains that races are discourse communities because they are looked at the same way, but not because they have same goals. He goes on about how race effects people and he has sources in the article with people of a different ethnic background talking about their memories.
Synthesis: This article is like that of "Autism and Rhetoric" by Paul Heilker and Melanie Yergeau because each focus on a different ways to observe a specific discourse community. Each of the people in that particular discourse did not chose to be the way that they are. Each individual has a common interest, but not the same goals. Each articles also talk about how others view members of the discourses and how it effects them as well as people personally being effected by that matter.
Opinion: I found this to be an interesting article because being a person of a mixed background, I was able to read and understand how some of them felt. I really liked how there were poems in the article and it gave off that deeper connection. Personally, I was just able to somewhat connect on it.
Good response, Rae'ven. I see that your reading of this article mostly focused on the themes of race and identity. I hope our class discussion also helped you understand that Villanueva makes an argument about the use of memories and personal experiences in writing.
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