I just had to blog about this because ever since we started discussing the whole insider vs. outsider debate my ears have become attuned to listening for it!
Yesterday in my English class we watched a documentary on Asian American Female Poets titled "Between the Lines." Towards the end of the film I heard one of the poets state:
"If I don't tell my story someone from the outside will and it will be full of prejudices."
I couldn't believe I heard her say this because it only fuels the debate on whether or not someone from the outside of a certain culture can accurately write quality literature on it.
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