In her essay, “Momma, the Dentist, and me” Maya Angelou describe her insight in remembering an incident of racism. The incident refer to a time when a
can be seen through Momma, Maya’s belief that being white is good, and the stylistic techniques and conventions that are used. Momma is Maya’s grandmother
her brother Bailey Jr., her parents (Vivian and Bailey Sr.), Mr. Freeman, Momma (her grandmother), and Mrs. Bertha Flowers. Bailey Jr. her brother had
mocking Momma in front of the Store, Maya is crying behind the door because she can’t understand why they’re being so mean, especially because Momma hasn’t
toothache. The nearest black dentist practices twenty-five miles away, so Momma takes Maya to see Dr. Lincoln, a white dentist in town. When they arrive,
Stamps, Arkansas. Angelou claims that her grandmother, whom she called ‘momma, had a deep-brooding love that hung over everything she touched’” (Burt)
Longing for the freedom that the beautiful blue-eyed white bird holds, the ugly black bird violently throws herself against the bars that ensnare her.
There are many obstacles in which Maya Angelou had to overcome throughout her life. However, she was not the only person affected throughout the story
was long and blond, would take the place of the kinky mass that Momma wouldn’t let me straighten? My light-blue eyes were going to hypnotize them.....Then
dog you are! And not for nothing learned, having a wit to ask this thing of me! My witness then be earth and sky and dripping Styx that I swear by - the
encountered racism when she went to the dentist for a toothache. Her grandmother knocked on the door of the dentist office, and a young white women opened
religious grandmother who played a big role in my life and helped to raise me. Like Marguerite, reading was an important part of my life growing up and
Quest for Self-Determination in I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings and Lakota Woman During their growing up years, children struggle to find their personal