Being A Chink Analysis

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In “Being a Chink’ and “The Meaning of a Word” Christine Leong and Gloria Naylor look at words that are meant to hurt people. What caught my attention most were the two main words used in both essays, “Nigger” and “Chink”. With enough detail, I realized that “Nigger” is a very strong word and African Americans show no mercy when it is used towards them. I feel as if both words are very horrible ones said to people but do not carry the same amount of weight as “Nigger” does. To be truthfully honest, I cannot really relate to Leong or Naylor specifically with those words but I could with my own religion. As a Muslim, I grew up around women including my mother who dressed very modest and covered their body (sometimes even face). When going out,

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