Examples Of Racial Attitudes In My Family

Racial attitudes in my family were evident from an early age. I grew up in a typical Hispanic household. My maternal grandparents were very much involved in my upbringing. Because my grandparents, were born and raised in Puerto Rico, I grew up with a high level of awareness of my culture and my development of racial development started early. I remember family members speaking about Hispanics from Dominican
Republic and even African Americans. They felt Dominicans were inferior because they were not citizens of the US as well as their country was and still is very poor. My grandfather told me never to bring home a Dominican boy or an African American boy, because they were not good people and my grandmother agreed. I remember thinking my
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