Evaluation to The Big Mama Stories By Shay Young Blood

Goldie Barajas

English 1B

3/25/11

Evaluation to The Big Mama Stories

By Shay Young Blood

            The Big Mama Stories by Shay Youngblood is a collection of 12 stories of a young African American girl growing into womanhood. I personally enjoyed this book because as a Latina woman African American culture is a complete different culture compared to mine. In this book I was exposed to a different vernacular language, which I enjoyed. I feel that from this book I have gotten an insight into what it means to grow into womanhood in an African American culture. As much as the narrator appreciated the stories told to her by her Big Mama’s I did too. Each story has a theme to reflect on. For example, the story “Snuff Dippers’’ was an excellent story to me because it made me laugh but at the same time it made me reflect on how African Americans had to struggle with racism and oppression. Nevertheless, Shay Youngblood does an extraordinary job in writing this book. I definitely recommend it to those who would like to learn about something different. It can round up your knowledge and increase your diversity in regards to learning about other cultures.