Transformative College Literacies

  The acquisition of literacy can be attained in various ways, and once that information is taken in one is capable of making a conclusion on that subject developing a personal opinion. Robin Wisniewski describes a literate black woman as being independent and not dependent on anyone else, and that knowledge is power and a sense of freedom. The transformative literacies allow an individual to have the freedom to think for oneself, and as a woman, develop into a free-thinking woman. To acknowledge the transformation between literacies one must first be aware of the expectations for change in their self. One must also acknowledge the addition of new knowledge to their thinking while also gaining a new understanding of their self. With these two outlooks on literacy one's knowledge will transform into the liberation of thought. This liberation of thought is very significant in being a literate black woman because it allows one to be free-thinking and to not conform to the societal barriers. It allows people to voice their own opinion while also being able of supporting their opinion with facts or other statistical backgrounds that they have learned through school literacies. The freedom of this transformative literacy allows one to step out of the limited view of self-change and be capable of interacting in a democratic setting.