Terkel’s essay demonstrates that people of different race are stereotyped against and how this can play a role in the work place. Stephen Cruz shows how his new manger believes in a stereotype about blacks. “I received instructions from him on how I should interview blacks. Just check and see if they smell, okay?” (354). In addition, he describes the stereotypes for a Mexican, “… you’re a happy guy to have around, pleasant but emotional….good to have as part of the management team, as long as you weren’t allowed to make decisions (355).
The introduction to Richard Rodriguez's "Days of Obligation" is a comparison of Mexico and California by the author, a Mexican Catholic. He describes the functions of religions in Mexico and California and the differences in hope and optimism. In his introduction, Richard Rodriguez describes the emotional paradox he encounters as he is speaking about himself by comparing the comedy of California to the tragedy of Mexico. “The youth of my life was defined by Protestant optimism. Now that I am middle-aged, I incline more toward the Mexican point of view.” This quote describes the clashing cultures of Mexico and California (Protestant optimism) inside Richard Rodriguez.
Tony Kushner was writing in a completely different time in America, and his character Joe deals with a crisis about his sexuality in Angels in America. Joe is seen to deal with the social stigmas and problems to do with homosexuality at the time of the play, and his interaction with other characters gives the audience insight into his struggle. Despite the differences between the two character depictions, the post-modernist theatre of Kushner has been influenced by O’Neill’s experiments with expressionist theatre. Eugene O’Neill wrote The Hairy Ape in the early 20th century, and it premiered on stage in March of 1922. The social and economic context in which O’Neill was formulating Yank as a character plays a role in his final depiction.
So, you do not know another language, there are worst things in life. According to an article Catholic Online (2013), “The Mexican immigrant suffers a stereotype in American culture. Mexican immigrants tend to be poor, they tend to be laborers, they tend to be resourceful, religious, and share strong family values. They enjoy lavish celebrations filled with music and color. And of course, they speak Spanish.
While these two autobiographies are rooted in culture, they both differ in what exact cultures the autobiographies nestle in. Rodriguez writes about life in a prominently poor Mexican neighborhood. He describes many of its various aspects such as the “people … on the metal chairs … and beer” (paragraph 1), the “stucco and wood-frame homes” (paragraph 2), and the “neighborhood consisting mostly of Mexicans” (Paragraph 2). This poverty enriched land is such a clash when viewed against the presumably middle class white community that Dillard describes. Her description of the suburbs in Pittsburgh seem less poverty stricken such as with them leaving from houses (paragraph 4) and the clothes that the man that chases them wears(paragraph 10).
Two Californias Luis Marrero 20/02/2012 1) What is Hanson's thesis in this essay? The thesis in this essay is that after a trip through the most forgotten areas of California Hanson’s has realized how damaged California is in compare to the rest of States and part of this is because all the illegal immigrants that go there. 2) Discuss two specific examples that he uses to support his thesis; note the type of evidence and whether or not he makes effective use of it. He uses his farmhouse as an example of testimonial evidence and then he uses in this evidence a statistical evidence saying that the 94% are Hispanic and the 1% is White. He also uses many statistical evidences, using examples such as:
Moreover, when being chosen by the mining company, the unsteady camerawork and constant switching of perspectives highlights the controversial nature of the conversation and presents Ernesto as an authoritative figure fighting the inhumane treatment of the impoverished in South America. By dismissing the notion of Justice within their environments, the composers argue that morality and justice are values necessary to our existence. By comparing two contextually dissimilar texts, John Steinbeck’s 1937 novella ‘Of Mice and Men’ and Walter Salles’ 2004 biopic ‘The Motorcycle Diaries’, we gain a clearer understanding on what is required of humanity. Through Steinbeck’s response to the socio-economic
As an assistant professor of anthropology at Washington State University who had recently studied the commercial sex trade via a trip to a Mexican brothel, Patty Kelly wrote an essay. “Enough Already, It’s Time to Decriminalize Prostitution,” is Kelly’s response to the 2008 resignation of Senator Eliot Spitzer - a man who was found to be utilizing the services of prostitutes despite being elected upon a political platform of “ethics and integrity” and proudly touting his history as a lawyer who had successfully prosecuted various prostitution rings. Despite illustrating her clear opinion that prostitution should be decriminalized in American law, Kelly fails to demonstrate that Spitzer’s illegal actions, and the subsequent public outcry demanding
Yo Soy Joaquin My first thoughts when I read this book was this guy are really attached to his people and he wants the best for them. The poem “I Am Joaquin,” written by Rodolfo Gonzales is about our Hispanic and Indian culture, Mexican heroes, and American lives. In the poem, Joaquin express many different emotions that he had felt about his world. Overall, I believe that Joaquin was angry of how society was towards his culture, the fact that now he must choose between economic and his cultural identity and where we were and now are. To begin with, Joaquin feels that he does not belong in this world for the way he is treated.
Thokozile Nkosi W130/Bye 14, September, 2012 Culture and Success In author and publisher, Gary Colombo’s essay “Thinking Critically, Challenging Cultural Myths”, he claims that culture greatly affects our lives. He asserts, “our most dominant cultural myths shape the way we perceive the world and blind us to alternative ways of seeing and being” (4). Here, Colombo demonstrates that, depending on what our culture thinks is acceptable our point of view could hinder us from experiencing different things or different point of views. Likewise in writer and civil rights activist, Malcolm X’s essay “Learning to Read”, he discussed how his vocabulary was perceived as great when he talked to other people on the street, but when it came to talking to an educated person like Mr. Elijah Muhammad. Elijah Muhammad was an African American religious leader and Malcolm X’s mentor.