"Notes from a New Orleans Daughter" by Sheryl St. Germain

     This was a very interesting piece. I was especially fond of the authors voice and writing style, which let the reader basically into her every though. This piece definitely had a lot more telling than showing, but I felt that in a piece like this, it worked. I thought at first that it would have been interesting for this white woman to grow up in the rich black culture of New Orleans, and as she went on to talk about how racist her family was, I couldn't even imagine how hard that must of been. I also found it very interesting when she brought up all of the racism she has experienced in Iowa.