The Welcome Table by Alice Walker
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- The Welcome Table By Alice Walker Presented by : Austin, Izhar and Hafiz
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- An elderly black woman by the name of Willa visits a white church in the south, away from her black neighbourhood. During this time, segregation and racism are still the norm and black people are not allowed in certain white people areas - including this white-only church.
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- Knowing full well that this is a white -only church, willa still insists on attending church here as she stated while on the church staircase :
- Church is for everyone. There should not be any divide just because of the color of our skin.
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- When Willa entered, people initially looked at her with shock but as time passed, people start to open up to her and was eventually welcomed
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- That is, however, two people, a man and a woman approached Willa furiously and said :
- You do not belong here !
- That's right. Get out of our church.
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- The woman who confronted Willa kicked her out of the church. Then, a group of people chased Willa away from the church and into an alleyway.
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- It was here where Willa was badly beaten by the group of white people. She was so badly beaten that she was on the verge of death. It was then...
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- Willa saw a divine light from heaven and Jesus Christ has appeared before her. She then imagined herself walking together with Jesus out of the alleyway, around the city and to her house. It was then that Jesus said :
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- NEW ENDING :
- My child, before I bring you to my heavenly kingdom , I can grant you one wish.
- I wish for the city to remember the knowledge taught to them by our Lord, that we should love each other regardless of the color of our skin, either through blessings or punishments.
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- NEW ENDING :
- Jesus : Your wish is my command, Willa. After that, Willa and Jesus disappeared and a massive tsunami followed, engolfing the city and its people. That is however, the black community was intact due to them living in a different area and was not affected.
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