This article talked about how the grandma felt about white people. She had a hatred for them considering how she did not want Kie to be friends or even speak to the white boy Mumford. The source I’ve analyzed is from a reporter from buzzfeed news who did a report regarding Kiese Laymon and his books. The source is titled “Kiese Laymon Knows His New Memoir Is Raw. But It’s Not Trauma Porn.” (Bim Adewunmi) She summarized Laymons early life and the accomplishments he’s made along with his career. In the article, the author write that Laymon expresses himself and his past through his writing. He opens up about his past and expresses all the issues he’s faced being a black man growing up. The memoir, “Heavy” holds all the answers to his past. This article helped me understand “Quick Feet’ because Laymon just wanted to be truthful about his life. He stated that “The world encourages (him) to lie, so in (his) writing, (he) wants to be truthful.” Growing up as a black southerner in the past is rough but the writings, especially ‘Heavy’ gives us answers as to how he’s overcome the struggles and his life there. I believe this source is reliable because Buzzfeed news used quotations from Laymon and included citations of other articles/pictures used.

Buzzfeed News, (October 15, 2018) Kiese Laymon Knows His New Memoir Is Raw. But It’s Not Trauma Porn, Bim Adewunmi | Article –https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/bimadewunmi/kiese-laymon-heavy-memoir-southern-writer