I thought Royster and Pratt's articles both very directly reflected the presentation by ALANA students. Royster reflects on her personal experience, combined an academic view, to pinpoint the way in which her voice, along with other of her race, becomes silenced in the classroom setting. ALANA students highlighted this same point of feeling that their particular language and experiences are largely not taken into account. Marginalized groups feel so invisible and taken for granted, it is no wonder why non-white students feel the desire to get their degrees, get out, and never look back at Ithaca College.

Like Ava, I appreciated Royster's examples of the reason's she so often feels she has to resist"speaking without clenching her teeth." It puts the misunderstandings and subtle acts of racism that often are swept under the rug. She presents us with the idea of the "hybrid person" who has the ability to understand a variety of discourses. She claims that we all have this ability if we engage in better practices that allow us to exchange perspectives and negotiate between differences in language.