For Hooks, talking back is a certain kind of defiance in speech or writing. She explained that talking back was a way to challenge the authority of of the ruling class (white supremacy). She mentions Bob Marley as a man who talked back.
Gate's memoir is talking back because his style & story uses language that is not considered polite, or politically correct. He pushes people's boundaries in order to get them to understand what racism was like in the 60's era in Piedmont. His ideas are pushing against the ideas of the ruling class.
Posted by prat9517 on December 11, 2008
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