The Myth Of The Latin Woman Analysis

As you read The Myth of the Latin Woman and Finishing School racial stereotypes is the background to these two stories. While The Myth of the Latin Woman was set in a different time period than Finishing School it shows the discrimination minorities have gone through and have risen above these stereotypes. The Myth of the Latin Woman is different in a few ways than Finishing School because it is based on how a young woman despite of her success and accomplishments is still oppressed by those around her because of her culture and appearance. While Finishing School is of a woman named Margaret who stood up for herself although she was a minority in the era she wrote this story about. Both being young women told their story to show the oppressive situations they have been through in a time of their lives.
When Judith Cofer wrote The Myth of the Latin Woman she told us in the story how her appearance had followed her throughout her life especially when she was at a poetry reading and a woman called her over to her table to order a cup of coffee. This happened only because the older woman had mistaken Cofer as a waitress since the only job people think a Latin woman could get is as a waiter, or housemaid. When she was reading her poem on stage she looked directly at the woman until her “lowered eyes told me she was embarrassed.” At the end of the reading Cofer shook the
Aside from their success and accomplishments people always judged them only because of their backgrounds. Not many Latin women in that time got to get an education like Cofer did so she saw how privileged she was and she chose to continue to fight against these stereotypes and be the voice of women who can’t get an education. Also, not many women would react in the way that Angelou did against her