Question

Describe the most important elements of cultural knowledge that Anne Moody learned from her family and community as a child. Select two of these elements and analyze how her cultural knowledge of that element was sustained, altered, or transformed by her experiences in college and the Movement.

Answer 1

Answer and Explanation:

Two of the most important elements that Anne Moody learned in her community were the devaluation of the work done by black people and the importance of education for social advancement. That's because Anne Moody, despite being an exceptional student, needed to work in white family homes as a cleaner or cook to get some money, which was very little and not a fair wage. It showed her how undervalued black people were, no matter what potential they had. Upon going to college, she realized how important education was for social advancement, because although blacks who had higher education were victims of racism, the friends she had in her community had adult lives much more devalued than her and other blacks who had access to higher education. By becoming involved with the civil rights movement, she realized that only with an egalitarian society, problems related to education and the valorization of work, in her community and in other black communities, would be resolved.