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    continue to help spread racism and make it an even bigger problem than it was before. A big misconception is that racism is only seen by the lower classes and that more underdeveloped countries have these problems‚ but this isn’t that case at all. Racism does happen in under-developed areas such as in Zimbabwe‚ where there has been increasing racial tension because of a lack of money and land so the poor black farmers are blaming the white farmers for this and are racist to them‚ but racism is also seen

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    Mike Rose vs. Richard Rodriguez Mike Rose and Richard Rodriguez both support education and the success it brings for an individual‚ but they support them in different ways and for different reasons. In Mike Rose’s essay he explains how he was an average person in his vocational classes. He says that his intelligence was not on a low level‚ but rather he thought of his intelligence to be low because of his teachers and the fact he was in vocational classes‚ but he soon realizes that pushing to the

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    Does The class system still exist? There was a time when we have upper classes‚middle class and working class‚ these classes were created and then in effect created the insecurities and pressure of the people of today. Depending on how much money our families had that determined our livelihoods‚ our prospects‚our social circle and our families future generations. So if you we’re rich and prestigious you had a good chance in life‚ life offered you steak and fancy chocolates. However if you we’re

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    thinking then of another consequence of literacy‚ one i was too shy to admit but nonetheless trusted. Books were going to make me “educated.” That confidence enabled me‚ several months later‚ to over come my fear of the silence. In this text‚ Richard Rodriguez gains his undying interest in reading. This is where he realizes what he believes would be his true calling. He believer reading would open up a new chapter of life to him. Show him places he had never imagined. He wanted to be educated. Achieve

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    freedom existed side by side in America.  It was due to the belief that black Africans were less fully human than white European and descendent.  It is based on the differences between the one’s race‚ skin colour‚  or more generally one’s group‚  it can also be religious‚  national or ethnic identity is superior to the other.  It has also been a part of American landscape primarily in the beginning of 17 th century.  With the European arrival on the North America shores‚ there basic plan was to

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    Thesis:-learning English as a "language" gave Richard a confidence in public identity but he lost his native identity. Representative Example: - "The loss implies the gain: The house I returned to each afternoon was quiet. Intimate sounds no longer rushed to the door to great me. There were other noises inside. The telephone rang. Neighborhood kids ran past the bedroom where I was reading my schoolbooks-covered with shopping-bag paper. Once I learned public language‚ it would never again be easy

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    or speaking English‚ perhaps you should 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

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    bonds are weakened ‚ love is extinguished.Then all that’s left is a worthless need for materialistic things. Rodriguez’ relationship with his family is described as exactly that‚ a relationship with none of that warmth that is associated with the word‚ it has none of the love. Instead of a loving family Rodriguez’ family is the consumerist type of family. The type of family that does not give significance to the word family. Christmas a day of giving and recieving ‚ a day that prioritize love

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    Richard Rodriguez Diary

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    his hounds with haste and released them from their cages. They followed him toward the barracks. The slaves jumped in fear as the saw him approaching with his battalion of dogs. He stopped in front of the barracks and the dogs halted and remained still as they awaited his command. Chavez slowly moved towards the door‚ his stomach made a knot; sweat began to trail down his face. As he slowly opened the doors the dogs tensed. His eyes opened wide at the sight of a slave hunched over. He was dead‚ Chavez

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    What is it like to lose your most memorable moments in a flash? Richard Rodriguez managed to answer the question in his memoir‚ “Aria”. The memoir was published in “Hunger of Memory”‚1982. Rodriguez‚ a Mexican American writer‚ believes the importance of family value and the objection of bilingual education and affirmative action. “Aria” elucidates the criticism that society impacted towards the character and also the fact that the character isn’t able to speak or understand own native language.

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