Jaswinder Bolina's Essay: Writing Like A White Guy

The issues that arise when we think about language and stereotype anger me. Based on Jaswinder Bolina’s essay, “Writing Like a White Guy”, I understand his problem. He has been a victim of racism, much like his father before him. Bolina’s father had lived in India and England before moving to the U.S. He gets to the United States, hoping things are different, but sees that racism and class are mixed together here like everywhere else. Bolina goes on to say that it is impossible to escape racism. Even though he writes about non-controversial topics, such as nature, his name still brings about hostility. I find it ludicrous that just a name can cause some people to disregard his poetry. This shows that language cannot rid the world and people’s