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Al i c eWa l k e r :Th eWe l c o meTa bl e( 1 9 73 ) Anal y z et hec hu r c h g oe r s ’a t t i t u det owa r dst h eol dwo manan dt heme an su s e dt opr e s e n ti t . Fo c u so n c o nt e ntandl a n gu ag e .

Ana l y s i s : Th es h o r ts t o r y“ Th eWe l c o meTa b l e ”i swr i t t e nb yAl i c eWa l k e ra n dp u b l i s h e di n1 9 7 3 . Th es h o r ts t o r yi sa b o u ta nAf r i c a n Ame r i c a nwoma na n daf a i l e da t t e mp tt og ot oc h u r c h b e c a u s eo fd i s c r i mi n a t i o na g a i n s th e rs k i n c o l o r . Th el a d ya t t e n dsawh i t eo n l yc h ur c hwh e r et h ep a s t o ra n dt h eo t h e rc h u r c h g o e r st e l lh e rt o l e a v e .So meme ne n du pt h r o wi n gh e ro u to ft h eb u i l d i n g . I nt h eb e g i n n i n gt h eo l dwo ma ni sd e s c r i b e da n dt h ea u t h o rs h o wst hef e a r e dr e a c t i o no ft he g u e s t s :„ af e a ro ft h eb l a c ka n dt h eo l d , at e r r o ro ft h eu n kn o wna swe l la soft h ed e e p l ykn o wn “ ( l l . 7 ) .Th e yf e e ll i k et h ewo ma ni sat h r e a tf o rt h e ma n dt h a ts h ed o e sn o tb e l on gt ot h e i r wo r l d( „ t h eb e g i n n i n go ft h ee n do ft h es a n c t u a r yo fCh r i s t i a nwo r s h i p , [ . . . ]t h ed e s e c r a t i o no f t h eHo l yCh u r c h ,a n d[ . . . ]a ni n v a s i o no fp r i v a c y“ ( l l . 2 1) ) . At fir s tt h e r ei san a r r a t o rwi t hl i mi t e di ns i g h tb e c a u s eh eg u e s s e swh a tt h er e v e r e n ds a y s . “ Th e r e v e r e n do ft h ec h u r c hs t o p p e dh e r…, ‘ Au n t i e , y o ukn o wt h i si sn o ty o u rc h u r c h ? ’Asi fo n e c o u l dc h o o s et h ewr o n go n e ”( l l . 3 0 3 2 ) . Th i sn a r r a t o rwi t hl i mi t e di n s i g h tc o u l dr e p r e s e n tt h e c o n g r e g a t i o n ’ sa t t i t ud e .Th ec o n g r e g a t i o nj u d g e st h eo l dwo ma nb a s e donag e n e r a l i z e d a t t i t u d et o wa r d sb l a c kp e o p l e . Th ena r r a t i o ns h o wst hea t t i t u d e st h eo l dwo ma ni sf a c i n gb y t h ec h u r c h g o e r s ,a st h en a r r a t o ro n l yg u e s s e swh a tt h eo l dwo ma ns a y so rt h i n k sb a s e do n s t e r e o t y p i c a la t t i t u d e st o wa r d st h eAf r i c a n Ame r i c a n s , e s p e c i a l l yi nawh i t eo n l yc h u r c h . Wh e nl o o ki n ga th e r , t h ep e o p l es a wac o o k ,ama i do rmi s t r e s s e s( l . 1 7 ) , p r o f e s s i o n st h a ta r e s i mi l a rt h ej o b sb l a c kp e o pl ewe r en o ta l l o we dt oh a v e . Th ec h u r c h g o e r sa l s oj u d g et h eo l db l a c kwo ma nb e c a u s eo ft h e i ro wnf e a r s . Th a t ’ swh yt h e h u s b a n dst h r e wt h eo l dwoma no u to ft h ec h u r c h . Th ea u t h o ru s e sme a n sl i k ei r o n y , wh e ns h es a y s“ Asi fo n ec o u l dc h o o s et h ewr o n go n e ” ( l l . 3 0 ) , d i s l i ki n gt h er e v e r e n d sa t t i t ud e .Ac h u r c hs h o u l d n ’ tb eb a s e do ny o u rs ki nc o l o ra n d t h e r ei sn o“ wh i t eo n l y ”c h u r c hi nWa l k e r so p i n i o n . Af t e rt h r o wi n gt h el a d yo u to ft h ec h u r c h , t h ec h u r c h g o e r ss e e mt ob es a t i s fie d . I tf e e l sl i k e t h e ype r c e i v ej u s t i c ewh e nt h ea u t h o rwr i t e s„ t h ewi v e sf o l d e d. . . a to n c ej u s t i fie da nds c o r n f ul “ ( l l . 5 7 ) . Th ea u t h o re n d st h es t or ya n dt h ed r a ma t i cs i t u a t i o nwi t hap a r a l l e l i s mt h a ts a y s :“ Th e ys a n g , t h e ypr a y e d .“ ( l . 5 9 ) . Th i sg e n e r a t e sap e a c e f ul a t mo s p h e r et h eg u e s t se xp e r i e n c e ....