First Audio Story: http://storycorps.org/listen/stories/rene-foreman-and-her-daughter-michelle/
This story really makes you wonder how life would be like with a disability. Over the past few weeks I've read stories about people who have been disabled because of their legs, deaf, and now mute, and each time, all of these people have taken such a depressing situation and turned it into a blessing. It really makes me cherish and appreciate the life I have no, and little situations are nothing compared to the problems these people have overcome.
What I especially enjoyed about this is that we're able to hear her talk through her electrolarynx. That's the device that allows her to speak, but it just really hits you harder to hear her, rather than someone trying to talk for her. She's able to make comedic comments about her situation, and it ties in with what we're talking about in class, how you laugh at situations because it helps.
Second Audio Story: http://storycorps.org/listen/stories/a-p-tureaud-jr-and-steven-walkley/
This second story was a classic case of discrimination and racism that African-American's went through. However, I still enjoyed listening to this one because he was detailed about his situation. I think one of the questions the interviewer asked him was "Why did you continue going through college there?" and he answers that by talking about when the black kid talked to him about how he inspired him.
I personally don't know how he was able to graduate with all of the racism around him. Teachers wouldn't grade his papers, and they said they never taught a "negro" before. He was the first African American to graduate from that college, and because of him, other black's followed his footsteps.
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