In Victor Villanueva's article, "Memoria Is a Friend of Ours: On the Discourses of Color," he aims towards students towards the end of his article.  He talks about racism and the discourse community of different races throughout America.  He is Puerto Rican, and he talks about his mother having an Italian name, yet he doesn't give his mother's name.  He explains different stories and writings about different individuals and their race, and how it might not have been accepted.  He explains that each different race is almost like a discourse community.  Even though these discourse communities might not all share the same goals, they are individuals that are looked at in the same aspect.

     I would compare this article with John Berger's article about women self-surveying themselves or men doing this to the women.  I would compare these two, because men surveying women could almost be considered sexist, because they are judging the woman by her looks and they way they think she acts, rather than by her personally.  In Victor's writing he explains that people could also judge someone by their heritage, color of their skin, or ethnic background.  He explains that these people are placed into a discourse community, sometimes without even realizing they are part of it just because of their physical appearance.  This could be classified as racist, and plays a kind of similar role as being sexist.

     I found this article kind of hard to follow, because the way it was written.  I found it hard to decipher when he was telling his own personal view, to when he was talking about a writing someone else had previously.  I did like the part when he talks about what he told his kids to do.  He tells them to talk to their grandfather, and get every bit of information out of him that they can about his heritage.  He does this, because he does not want it to be lost, and anyone forget about their history.  He tells them to ask about his father, his childhood, the army, etc.  He tells them to also ask their grandmother, which is his mother.  He makes it clear that it will not be as hard to get her talking about it, because she loves to talk.