Extra Credit

     While reading through "Black Vernacular: Architecture as Cultural Practice," my eyes were open to many new things. I had no idea that writing could be subliminally political. The art project that the author's teacher assigned could have gone in  an extremely and opposite direction if the children were asked to construct a house similar to what they live in. A vast majority of the ideas of structures would be different. For example, Hook mentions that the assignment could have "...created a sense of entitlement for some and deprivation for others." This would be due to the "white supremacy" and racial discrimination going on during that time. The art assignment would then be shifted to focusing on  political and social hierarchies.

     She mentions that when thinking of architecture, many think of space. In writing, there are certain techniques that writers think about. For example, a writer may always write in a certain perspective, or a particular tone. Both the art project and a piece of writing are explore creativity. The thing that I found most interesting while reading this chapter was how much race and gender inequalities were contained and showed in the project. While it was a "dream house," Hook explains that "...those of us from non privileged backgrounds would have had an opportunity to think about our architecture and design in relation to our lives both in the present and in the future." Even though the assignment was to create the imaginary, most people would base it off of the familiar. 

     I believe that race, gender, and social class play a major role in everyday writing. Without experiences from multiple races, genders, and social classes, there is little information on the situations that they undergo. For example, during the times of slavery, if there weren't any recordings on life as a slave, many people would remain oblivious and perhaps life would continue how it was. Everyday writing is up to the writer. Therefore, the writer can choose to what messages they want to get across to the audience. This piece was very informational and made me think of everyday writing in a different way.