Quotes From Kindred

Kindred represents cultural contact and exchange because an African American woman from the 1970s is forced to adapt to life in the 19th century with other slaves. Her own culture is dramatically different from the culture of Tom Weylin’s slaves. Dana is used speaking to white people as her equals and not as threatening superiors; she is used to exercising her rights to simply do as she pleases, which includes wearing pants and writing novels. The black people who she encounters in the past are slaves, so their culture has developed through oppression and submission; the women only wear dresses or skirts, and all of the slaves are to obey the orders given to them by whites, which include working for long hours in hot or cold weather.
During her time on the 19th century plantation, Dana was able to interact with the other slaves and learn about their culture; she gained some cooking skills by being in the kitchen and she learned the importance of strength after some tough experiences. For example, being assaulted by a young patroller in the woods made her realize that she had to be more careful with her words; she had to be mentally strong enough to hold her tongue and physically strong enough to handle being beaten and fighting with another person if necessary. Violence was not a part of Dana’s culture because her life was
Their belief lead them to try to enforce law in Umuofia by establishing a government; the court that they use to judge cases in Umuofia is similar to the ones back in their home. The travelers were trying to bring their culture to Umuofia and lead the villagers as if their Nigerian culture was wrong; the missionaries, for example, insist that the gods of the clansmen were false and that God (in Christianity) is the only true god. This makes the white travelers too aggressive in the eyes of some