Reading Response (Villanueva)

In his article, "Memoria Is a Friend of Ours: On the Discourses of Color," Victor Villanueva explains how including our own experiences and memories in our written work can help us consolidate our identity as writers. He argues that "the personal does not negate the need for the academic, it complements, provides an essential element in the rhetorical triangle, an essential element in the intellect-cognition and affect" (174).
Like Gee and Wardle, Villanueva feels that identity and how identity as a writer is formed is really important. In his article he shows how his identity was formed among different Discourses.
I liked what he had to say in this article, I found it interesting and I agree with his point of view but I didn't like the way he chose to say it because it got confusing at times.

QUESTIONS FOR DISCUSSION AND JOURNALING
7. Using Gee's concept of Discourse we would think that Villanueva's primary discourse is Puerto Rico but he has lived his whole life in America and Puerto Rico is now a memory. So I would have to say that his primary Discourse is now America and Puerto Rico is a secondary Discourse that he is trying to acquire.