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from the children’s eyes it one can see their embarrassment towards their mother’s actions. “The point is momma well, it’s pride. You embarrass yourself and us too dancin’ like that.”(376) If seen from this point of view their feelings are justified. When seen through the mother’s eyes it is a totally different story. “Blind people got a hummin jones if you notice and I press up close to dance with Bovanne who blind and I’m hummin and he hummin, chest to chest not jammin my chest into the man, Wasn’t about tits. Was bout vibrations.”(374) Here one can see momma’s compassion and kindness. We can see that momma was not embarrassing anyone but was being kind to the blind gentleman who probably had no one else to dance with. After reading these three essays I

can have a greater appreciation for African American Women and what they go through. I can now see the world better through their eyes and understand better their thoughts, feelings, and reactions.