Interracial Conflicts
The main focus of this essay is the mistreatment of women and interracial conflicts. In this essay, the topic will be mainly focused from the excerpts of the chapter 1972: Inter-national Hotel. Women at the time are often mistreated in one way or another, and some of the examples provided in the essay will also show topics that follow racial discrimination, economic hardships as well as interracial conflicts (meaning relationships and unions of both blacks and whites. In the chapter of 1972, the struggles at hand are proven through short excerpts and statements from women that have fought in the times of hardship because they were just seen as that: women. The mini titles of these excerpts are regarded as Revolutionary Woman and each women are given code names, most likely to hide their privacy. One examples of the economic hardships will be given through Angela. Angela is a young Chinese woman, has a master's degree and class valedictorian, which today would be very respectable regardless of her gender or ethnicity. Angela fights to get a higher position in the factory she works at but is overpowered by younger white men with, most likely, no college degrees. There are examples of both women hardships, economic hardships, and even racial hardships, and there are more to come.
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(Yamashita, 332) The next woman to look at is a woman named La Nada, who was born of three different ethnicity, she is Asian, Black, and Chicano.
Interracial relationships are not easily welcomed in America at the time, let alone having a child. La Nada is no exception to the rule. Because of her mixed ethnicity, she is not welcomed in either of the three communities that she is classified. She is also dating a white man as well. This is bad on two counts because A) she joined a feminist groups that fights for equal rights and employment for women, and B) because she joined the group, La Nada is seen as “sleeping with the enemy.” It is a double negative where she cannot win her conflicts. (Yamashita,
334) An excerpt from the wife of the legendary John Lennon can be found in this chapter. To quote Yoko Ono: “Woman is the nigger of the world.” (Yamashita, 335) This quote makes sense because during the time, women had a much harder time becoming equal to that of men and even then women of color that was not white had an even bigger struggle. The examples shown are exhibits of interracial relationships, economic hardships, general acceptance, racial discrimination.
(Yamashita, 332) The next woman to look at is a woman named La Nada, who was born of three different ethnicity, she is Asian, Black, and Chicano.
Interracial relationships are not easily welcomed in America at the time, let alone having a child. La Nada is no exception to the rule. Because of her mixed ethnicity, she is not welcomed in either of the three communities that she is classified. She is also dating a white man as well. This is bad on two counts because A) she joined a feminist groups that fights for equal rights and employment for women, and B) because she joined the group, La Nada is seen as “sleeping with the enemy.” It is a double negative where she cannot win her conflicts. (Yamashita,
334) An excerpt from the wife of the legendary John Lennon can be found in this chapter. To quote Yoko Ono: “Woman is the nigger of the world.” (Yamashita, 335) This quote makes sense because during the time, women had a much harder time becoming equal to that of men and even then women of color that was not white had an even bigger struggle. The examples shown are exhibits of interracial relationships, economic hardships, general acceptance, racial discrimination.