Country Lovers Vs Welcome Table

Country Lovers Vs. The Welcome Table
Andrea Williams
Ashford University

People are always looking to compare Race / Ethnicity in literary works. I have chosen to compare and contrast the literary works, “Country Lovers” by Nadine Gordimer and “The Welcome Table” by Alice Walker, the theme being race / ethnicity.
Both of these pieces have the same theme involving racial discrimination.
Racial and ethical dilemma is a feeling that we may sometimes witness or experience in today’s society whether it is at work, taking a stroll in the park, or on television. It has existed throughout the human race and can still be experienced visually, sometimes we may feel it, but are most likely to hear it, and sometimes it can actually be experienced
Did he say, as they thought he did, kindly, “Auntie, you know this is not your church?” As if one could choose the wrong one. This proved he was against this woman entering his church for any reason. In the 1970’s this was a forbidden process. The author Alice Walker; had issues of race and gender that were the center of her literary work and her social activism. This short story has the same theme of race found in the story Country Lovers. These two women have experience a type of injustice do to the color of their skin. These women both have a feeling of heartache Thebedi when she lost her child from the issues that plagued her life; and the old woman in the church just trying to find a place to worship and being discriminated against for the color of her
Back in those days, African Americans were treated unequal. There was no harmony between people unless they had the same skin color. Racism and discrimination still exists, but it is illegal to discriminate against anyone, including their race. In this paper, “Country Lovers” by Nadine Gordimer and The Welcome Table have many similarities as well as differences that I will discuss. These literary works can cause one to gain a better understanding of what many people have experienced in the days when discrimination caused so much adversity.
Both stories demonstrated discrimination and racism; in Country Lovers and the Welcome Table Racial discrimination has affected black people of the United States as well as Africa for many years. Although racial discrimination is against the law in both countries today, many people believe that it still exists. This has been an ongoing issue since the beginning of American History. Racism is an issue that continues to persist in our country because after centuries of slavery and oppression amongst the African-American population, it is deeply ingrained in American