Assignment 4- Conor Kelley

I have challenged my parents on many things, I always think for myself, and they tend to debate with me on quite a few things. But I suppose the best example of this is the debate over the color pink with my mother. In her strong, unusually passionate opinion for a color, pink is reserved for women and women only. My family, especially my mother, is very conservative, myself being a fair bit more moderate. So any time I wear pink, which I think is a fine color, she cringes and tries to convince me to change clothes. Now I am a pretty hard-headed kid, so mostly because I liked them, but partially because she wouldn't, I bought a pair of light, ballet shoe pink Jordan 1s. I wear them quite frequently, and she despises them. She also believes colors like purple, and teal, and white, on shoes or hats, are for women, but pink is a particular pet peeve for her. She seems to think that my willingness to wear pink makes me completely different from her in every way, she calls herself a shining example of masculinity. I continue to wear pink, and she continues to hate it, and I imagine this will go on for quite a long time.