by Ben Woodruff
All I could think of when reading this is that "Giving voice to the voiceless" meme that gets used whenever Western activists try to help people in the Global South. These are people that have a voice. Too often we are simply ignoring what they have to say. We attempt to silence them whenever they say something that goes against the narrative we have created for them.
In Brother, I'm Dying this idea of being voiceless or being silenced is addressed by a person from Haiti. So often people in the book were forced silent. It could be through distance while moving or through surgery but still they pushed through to make their voices be heard.
All I could think of when reading this is that "Giving voice to the voiceless" meme that gets used whenever Western activists try to help people in the Global South. These are people that have a voice. Too often we are simply ignoring what they have to say. We attempt to silence them whenever they say something that goes against the narrative we have created for them.
In Brother, I'm Dying this idea of being voiceless or being silenced is addressed by a person from Haiti. So often people in the book were forced silent. It could be through distance while moving or through surgery but still they pushed through to make their voices be heard.
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