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Have you ever wondered what it is like living in the perspective of a different culture or group? Imagine growing up as an African American woman instead of a Caucasian man. Imagine growing up as a rich, upper class child instead of a poor, homeless child. Your perspective on things would change for each case. But, no matter what culture or group you grew up in, you will experience your way and no others. Although not experiencing another way is a restraint, understanding is a completely different thing. When experiencing your life, you are living in your “contact zone” (Pratt 613). When understanding other cultures, you are understanding a reference from the “contact zone.” Writing from the “contact zone” is writing from the bottom up, usually by oppressed people, and by people who are trying to get heard. By analyzing and comparing Pratt’s paper to Sherrill’s writing, I will uncover the historical document’s writing from the “contact zone” and prove that it is true writing from the “contact zone.” "Arts of the Contact Zone" by Mary Louise Pratt, states the art of conversation and communication between varying cultures depends on understanding. They have to be sympathetic to their dominance