Janae Lopez Aiken AP English Composition 25 July 2013 "Blaxicans" and Other Reinvented Americans In "Blaxicans" and Other Reinvented Americans‚" Richard Rodriguez points out that America has become a place that is fully populated by immigrants from around the world. He asserts that there is no way to assign race names to citizens because everyone can be multiple races. According to Rodriguez‚ Americans create labels (e.g. Hispanic) in a ridiculous attempt to classify people in the simplest
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between the many human races of the world. Identity creates an individual profile with unique characteristics for a specific person. Culture flows through a being’s blood‚ which is based upon their ancestors. Moving on‚ immigrants have helped shaped American culture and identity by assimilating to a new culture that is not your own and become able to embrace the new aspects of a new identity in society.
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In elementary school‚ my classmates and I would treat each other equally despite our different ethnic backgrounds. We distinguish each other by personalities as a whole rather than the color of our skin or ethnicity. In fact‚ according to studies by the Huffington Post‚ by 2042 the racial minorities will become the majorities of the United States population. In Richard Rodriguez’s article‚ “Blaxicans and Other Reinvented Americans”‚ he states how immigrants aren’t getting the credit for what they
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Jake‚ Reinvented Artwork I chose to do the Artwork assessment that captures Jake’s disillusionment. Everyone thinks Jake is this awesome person‚ but in the end everyone gave up on him because he turned out to be something he’s not. Starting in the top left hand corner of my drawing‚ there is a picture of Rick and Jennifer. Throughout the whole story it is blatantly obvious that Rick is head over heels in love with Jennifer‚ but since the beginning of the story Rick has been telling us this story
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improving America through their hard work and labor. In the essay “Blaxicans”‚ by Richard Rodriguez‚ the author implies that America is not about segregation or about being more superior over the other‚ but about how all the races should become one. Also‚ in the essay “Mother Tongue”‚ by Amy Tan‚ she explains how most Asian Americans are being discriminated through their qualities. In the essay “Blaxicans”‚ Rodriguez states “... American experience: not as biracial‚ but as the re-creation of the known
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remember what a real American looks like”- unkown. Immigrants have played a huge role in America‚ but are often belittled. Americans argue that immigrants do not fit in as American since they are not white nor speak English. Being an American does not have a rubric one has to follow‚ being an American can simply be living in America. Immigrants have helped shape American culture and identity by bringing diversity and challenging assimilation. Immigrants have helped shaped American culture by bringing
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Reflection Paper The article “How Ursula Burns Reinvented Xerox” is extremely informative and gave me an outlook on how major businesses operate in society. It was interesting to read about a woman of color who completely gave her life into Xerox the company and made it a success. This article‚ made me more open minded about a lot of things that goes on into businesses I haven’t experience. One perspective‚ which was interesting‚ is how Xerox the company couldn’t do anything about their
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once said‚ “ Immigrants pose a challenge to our policies and our identity in a way nothing else has in the past.” Huntington is suggesting that immigrants are making it difficult for the American people who are trying to find out who they are as a person. This can be seen in Richard Rodriguez’s argument “Blaxicans” and Amy Tan’s essay “Mother Tongue” because they both talk about how immigrants have affected their identity by giving anecdotes about their life. For example‚ Rodriguez says that because
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American SF and the Other “American SF and the Other” is written by Ursula Le Guin. Ursula Le Guin was born in Berkeley‚ California in 1929. She earned a B.A. from Radcliffe in 1951 and an M.A. from Columbia University in 1952. She wrote many novels that got published and one even became a television movie. She won awards for her novels too. She mostly works on novels that offer alternatives to male dominated science fiction. Learning about her work is important‚ because she gives a different view
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Sarafina In comparison to other countries how much do Americans take for granted? If you hadn’t ever got the chance to watch this movie‚ you might not think that education in other countries was much different from America. There are many people who go to an American school and everyday they complain about how much work they have to do or they even complain about just having to go to school. Well in other countries there are kids that are really happy if they even get the opportunity to go to a
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