Latin Women Essay

The essay the myth of the Latin woman by Judith Ortiz Cofer teaches the readers how a woman was stereotyped and the difference between the American cultures from the Puerto Rican culture. Indeed, Judith wanted to fit in the American culture but this was difficult due to her different custom, and culture. Judith wants to portray to readers how Americans repeatedly stereotype the Latin women and the Puerto Ricans. Clearly, the main differences between the Americans according to the essay is the clothing style as the Americans have a modest dressing way while the Puerto Ricans prefer to dress in a vibrant and flashy manner. The other main lessons that confer want to teach the reader is that despite hard times in life one can still be successful. Indeed, this is clear from the fact that in the essay Confer had hard times when she was growing up however, she still became successful and it is her believe that anyone can be successful.

The main difference in the American culture and the Puerto Rican culture is the clothing styles. Americans dress more modest and dull; Puerto Ricans dress flashy and vibrant. Cofer also talks a little about how the movies portray Puerto Rican and Latin Woman. It’s the main reason why we Americans automatically stereotype Puerto Rican and Latin women; it’s all we have seen, in the movies, so we don’t really know what the Puerto Rican or Latin culture is really like. The other main point Cofer makes is that even though she had a hard time when she was growing up she still became successful and that any one can do the same. We just have to turn all the negative into a positive and keep on living.
I liked this article and I strongly agree with it. Americans are so used to seeing one way and one culture that when something new or someone new comes along they automatically assign a stereotype to them or try to relate them to a movie character