The Green article was about Code-Meshing, which is allowing the mix of different language dialects in a way that's most comfortable to writers. Green talks about her experiences with language and then compares her different codes in terms of when they are used, concluding that Standard American English was the one she had to use the least.
Camarillo talks about how Writing Centers are inhospitable to non-white students. Like Green, Camarillo states that non-white students have to adopt a white standard in order to succeed. However, trying to "white-ify" the students' writing will only prove detrimental. A way to improve this could be the impalement more communication between writer and tutor, or change the physical environment of the room.
The first part of the essay is a story of one's experiences working her first semester at a university. Then, it talks about struggles due to an identity as an LGBT, black, disabled woman are discussed a bit later too. Then they talk about experiences working at a predominantly white WC. They conclude by talking about why they stay at writing centers, to conduct research, and value and validate POC experiences.
As a white man who loves writing, I have never visited the writing center, let alone have to deal with the issues these authors brought up. It hadn't even occurred to me that these issues existed at all, but now that they've been brought up, it only makes sense that they'd exist, and it frustrates me that they haven't been resolved yet.
In the Green article, I had difficulty interpreting exactly what code-meshing was until the last section where she presented the Venn diagram. Is that because I had never had to use it before or was I just missing something?
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