sensible?

From the book I am reading:

"When she realized that she was surrounded by nothingness, she wanted to hug her own body, only now she realized that her body was the hole and the hole was her. The only clear thing in the midst of total darkness was her voice, trapped in her throat, trying to remember how to cry out for help ... but in what language?" (Rodriguez 1997, 35)


"Oppressed groups ideas are frequently placed in the situation of being listened to only if we frame our ideas in the language that is familiar to and comfortable for a dominant group. This requirement often changes the meaning of our ideas and works to elevate the ideas of dominant groups." (Collins 1990, xiii)