Last week during class, we studied the book "Bronx Masquerade" by Nikki Grimes. After reading this novel it changed what I had previously thought about the whole insider versus outsider debate. I was leaning towards thinking that only "insiders" could effectively write a story about their culture; however, Nikki Grimes does the opposite. In "Bronx Masquerade" she chronicles the story of 18 different high schoolers who all have different backgrounds and cultures. This was amazing because while reading the novel I never once thought about the author's voice because she was so affective in her portrayal of all the characters. All 18 characters and their back stories were so believable that I never once thought about whether Nikki Grimes was an insider or an outsider to these cultures.
Grimes did such a great job of making me continue my thinking on whether or not people from outside a certain culture can effectively write on that culture; based on Nikki Grimes' writing, it can be done.
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