An account of Experience with Discrimination
1. Truth's idea of "the old slaveholding spirit" relates with the idea of community shaping a person and their beliefs because this is a belief that will be hard to get rid of over time. Since everyone in Truth's community still believed that African Americans should be treated as slaves, those beliefs would kind of control the residents and be passed on to later generations, making it harder to put an end to it.
2. Primary documents such as letters, journals and diaries differ from a reporter or short story in the perspective they give on a community because you get a better connection from the person itself. The person of the primary source is able to give you detailed thoughts about how he/she felt at the moment and their opinions on various things they observed. A reporter or short story on the other hand, is not as personal and more of an informative source, stating mostly facts.
Here is New York
1. White begins to define New York by what it isn't to give the reader the sense that it is not like most cities and unique in its own way.
2. Things which contribute to the city's beauty that contradict with what the traveler sees are visiting the Statue of Liberty and the St. Patrick's Cathedral. Some residents have never even been to those places before and other tourists find it overwhelming.
3. Some problems in NYC are the millions of gallons of water being wasted, the earth is being drilled, and the streets are crowded. the people overcome these situations by dealing with them because they all want the sense of belonging to something unique (supplementary vitamin). The city contributes to their getting around by providing the subways and other forms of transportation, as well as keeping up a unique image. making the people want to stay.
4. I think neighborhoods being a "city within a city' is a good description because there is usually constant activity, like in a big, busy city. My neighborhood for example consists of school, churches, parks, businesses, shops, libraries, ect. There is usually traffic in the afternoon and the streets are bustling with activity daily. To me, this seems like a city within a city.
I agree with your second response for "An account of Experience with Discrimination" that a primary source gives you a connection with the community or the subject itself.Though I disagree with the end because it says that a short story or anything alike is informative. I don't believe so because the authors usually get their information from these primary sources and if these primary sources have a point of view/opinion then are not the short stories bias too?
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