Traveling by Grace Paley Reflection
8-22-2018
Grace Paley reflects on her memories of social, cultural, and political injustice in this short story. This story illuminates the similarity between Paley and her mother -both on bus rides- being defiant towards racism and silence fifteen years apart.
Paley’s memory is an important part of her journey. These stories stick and form the relations that live among families and create the routes our lives take. It is crucial to share history as it happened in order to learn from it and create change.
