Dreamgirls in Pursuit of Happiness; Mother, Daughter Write Book That Uses Nursery Rhymes to Portray Ghetto Life
You can take the girl out of the
ghetto, but you can't take the ghetto out of the girl. Seventeen-year-old
author TaMonique Burris is proof positive of that.
Though currently studying to be an architect, she and her mother and
co- author Monique Burris, a mortgage broker, are no strangers to ghetto
life, welfare or food stamps. Some would say they fit the perfect
"stereotype."
Monique, single mother of five by age 26, knows all too well. "We
wanted to show the world what education and determination can do," she
says.
Instead of feeling sorry about their past they drew on their
experiences to create their book, "Ghetto Rhymes - A Collection of
Traditional Nursery Rhymes with a Ghetto Twist."
Baltimore, MD (PRWEB) February 18, 2007 -- You can take the girl out of the ghetto, but you can't take the ghetto out of the girl. Seventeen-year-old author TaMonique Burris is proof positive of that.
Though currently studying to be an architect, she and her mother and co- author Monique Burris, a mortgage broker, are no strangers to ghetto life, welfare or food stamps. Some would say they fit the perfect "stereotype."
Monique, single mother of five by age 26, knows all too well. "We wanted to show the world what education and determination can do," she says.
Instead of feeling sorry about their past they drew on their experiences to create their book, "Ghetto Rhymes - A Collection of Traditional Nursery Rhymes with a Ghetto Twist."
In "Ghetto Rhymes" the authors show how nursery-rhyme characters deal with welfare, unemployment, food stamps and getting by day-to-day in the
"hood."
Some have called such subjects controversial, but they are all too real in the Burris' native Baltimore and other cities nationwide. For example, U.S. Census Bureau poverty data from 2004 show nearly 11.6 million women live in poverty who are the head of a household with no husband.
Moreover, the latest U.S. Statistical Abstract shows more than 6.2 million households receive food stamps, 7.9 million receive school lunches, while 5.1 million live in public housing.
Despite using nursery-rhyme characters to deal with such topics, the Burris' know first-hand poverty is no laughing matter.
"It is not our purpose to make fun of anyone's plight, TaMonique says, "because that is where we once were. But our example shows if one has a dream and you have drive and persistence, than you can make that dream a reality."
To order "Ghetto Rhymes," call 888-280-7715
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