Summary Of Blaxicans And Other Reinvented Americans
Culture is What Matters
Richard Rodriguez’s essay “Blaxicans and Other Reinvented Americans,” reveals race should not matter on how you identify yourself but instead it is culture what matters. Throughout, the essay Rodriguez highlights how when people were coming into neighborhoods “They were being welcomed within a new community for reasons of culture”(90). This suggest how it did not matter which race they were. Race does not matter because people might identify themselves as the culture they believe in. Not everyone is going to chose the race they belong too but instead choose what they believe they belong in. During an interview, Rodriguez is asked what he identify himself as and he answered, “I am chinese”(91). This suggest that although
Richard Rodriguez’s essay “Blaxicans and Other Reinvented Americans,” reveals race should not matter on how you identify yourself but instead it is culture what matters. Throughout, the essay Rodriguez highlights how when people were coming into neighborhoods “They were being welcomed within a new community for reasons of culture”(90). This suggest how it did not matter which race they were. Race does not matter because people might identify themselves as the culture they believe in. Not everyone is going to chose the race they belong too but instead choose what they believe they belong in. During an interview, Rodriguez is asked what he identify himself as and he answered, “I am chinese”(91). This suggest that although