Me and Maggie are very similar in how we are connected with our heritage and our ancestor roots. Our heritage exists in spirit where as Dee's exists in things that she can possess. Me and Maggie are ordinary black women. We grow and garden our own plants and lead simple lives. We've had no education besides the domestic survival needs that are passed down from one generation to another. We learn the necessities such as gardening, cooking and cleaning. We make things for ourselves everyday. They mean something to use because we put the hard work and love into making them, such as the quilt that I, my mother and my sister stitched together. We see the importance in them. Dee on the other hand only see our things as possessions that are "fashionable" at the time. Dee may never see our heritage through our perspective. It's also unfortunate that Dee only recognizes our heritage in this way. If as she says, she changes her name to Wangero mumble-jumble to be closer to her heritage, she could have saved herself the effort and kept the name she was born with, for she was named after her aunti who helped make the quilts she was after. If she wasn't so superficial in getting closer to her heritage, she would have realized that she already was. And to make matters worse, she isn't even dressing, acting or nameing herself like our true heritage. She is dressing, acting and nameing herself from Africanism that is in fashion, not true heritage. In her attempts to get "closer" to her heritage she is only drifting farther and farther away.
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