(interpretation‚ and sources) and in relation to the other books (unique‚ representative) read during the quarter. Introduction Throughout history we have learned about many people who had significant impact on American society In this paper‚ we are going to go deeper in discussion about two distinct people as historical figures that change the course in American history in Mother Jones and Booker T Washington In analyzing these two historical icons‚ the discussion of their lives‚ thoughts‚ and ideas
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Problems When Americans meet someone new they are already sticking that person into some sort of category because of their appearance. If someone looks different than Americans are use to‚ they automatically stick some sort of stereotype to them. Stereotypes are strongly displayed in the media; stereotype can be based of someone’s color‚ culture‚ religion‚ or sex. In Black men in public spaces by Brent Staples‚ and in The Myth of the Latin Woman: I Just Met a Girl Named Maria by Judith Ortiz Cofer‚ the authors
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Name Professor Eng 100 The Myth of the Latin Woman and Just Walk on By Brent Staples essay “Just Walk on By: Black Men in Public Spaces” he talks about the way people see him. The reason being he is African American and within his neighborhood people see him as a mugger‚ rapist‚ or worse than the two. He is also discriminated and stereotyped because of his race and his skin color. In Judith Ortiz Cofer’s essay “The Myth of the Latin Woman: I Just Met a Girl Named Maria” she explains how people
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United States between 1880 and 1914 came from Selected Answer: b. eastern and southern Europe. Correct Answer: b. eastern and southern Europe. Question 9 1 out of 1 points 9. For the most part‚ native-born Americans viewed the “new immigrants” as Selected Answer: e.
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American History Précis In the short story American History by Judith Ortiz Cofer encourages us to understand our own feeling and being sensitive to the situation around us before we act. Cofer supports her claim by describing Elena’s insensitivity to the president’s death visiting Eugene while everyone was still mourning. Eugene’s Mother assumes that Elena‚ her family‚ or Puerto rico immigrants in general are insensitive to the tragedy. “I don’t know how you people do it‚” pg 301 Eugene’s mother
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and Pain on Opening Day at a Museum of African-American History” written by Melena Ryzik she writes about the accomplishment and pride of African Americans. She incorporates what it is to be proud and appreciate one’s culture. Her article is written on the opening the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington D.C on the national mall. The only national museum dedicated solely to the history and culture of African Americans. There over 37‚000 artifacts are in the collection
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both the American culture and the Puerto Rican culture. She often shops at La Bodega which is a Spanish supermarket she shops there for food because she insisted on only using products whose labels she could read. She also felt more comfortable at this “hole in the wall” store because it reminded her of home. Cofer’s mother also tries to conform to the American culture by shopping at sears and Penney’s for Cofer and her brother’s clothes. They also eat at Woolworth’s which is an American restaurant
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economic freedoms. The image of the "land of opportunity" was true to different degrees for the African-American sharecropper in the postwar South‚ the immigrant at Ellis Island‚ and the wealthy capitalist or manager in the period from eighteen-sixty five to nineteen-fourteen with the African-American being at the low end of the rung and the capitalist being at the top. The newly freed African-American in the postwar South had the hardest time achieving freedoms due to white men considering them as inferior
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How do the details Judith Ortiz Cofer includes support her THESIS that latinas are poorly understood and grossly stereotyped? When she goes to her first formal dance‚ she gets kissed by a guy who just overeager kisses her painfully but Judith didn’t respond. Which made the guy think " i thought you Latin girls were suppose to mature". meaning he thought she was going to attack him with kisses. Another example is‚ when Judith is about to perform her first poem. But a lady mistakens her for a waittress
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worrying about white privilege and the impact of oppression and racial issues in American like for instance problem with the classiest‚ poverty‚ and white privilege that continue to exist between white American and Chinese American. Another reason for the people to have anxiety about white privilege and the impact of oppression and racial issues in American like for instance‚ Chinese American is suffering racism from white American for being treats in economic and job opportunity. There is also an important
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