Discrimination In Will Hobbs's Bearstone By Cloyd Aticitty
In 1989, Will Hobbs published his second book, Bearstone. His book was first awarded the ‘Mountains and Plains Booksellers Regional Book Award’ in 1990 and continued to receive many prestigious awards like the Notable Children's Trade Book in the Field of Social Studies award, the Best Books for Young Adults award, the Teachers’ Choice award, etc. Bearstone revolves around Cloyd Aticitty, a 14-year-old boy who is sent to work on a ranch for an elderly man, Walter. Upon arriving, Cloyd runs towards the boulders that remind him of home and takes a hike in the cliffs. While Cloyd is hiking, he discovers a turquoise bearstone from an ancient burial, hence the name of the book. Cloyd decides to keep the bearstone as his people, the Utes, had a strong
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One such instance I can recollect is an early memory from when I was around four or five. It is a known fact that my family is of Indian heritage but we never considered that an issue, instead a source of pride. As usual, there were of course people who didn’t agree that being brown was normal and of them was a white woman who lived in the block. I remember she used to despise my entire family. My mother and her got into many quarrels but one that is vivid in my mind is of my mother and I sitting together as the woman screamed from the driver's seat of her red car to “go back to where you came from”. I wish that this was the only time that I ever heard this coming from someone's mouth, but unfortunately, it wasn’t. The phrase “go back to where you came from” has been used on my loved ones and I many times that it has come to the point where I can laugh about it. Just the other day, my sister and I were sitting outside, listening to music and talking, when all of a sudden two white men passing by in a truck made a crude gesture at us and shouted obscenities. Not being one for conflict, I laughed it off, but my sister’s mood shifted drastically and she was filled with anger and irritation at mocking ;how far the world had come’, only to begin regress back to the way it once
One such instance I can recollect is an early memory from when I was around four or five. It is a known fact that my family is of Indian heritage but we never considered that an issue, instead a source of pride. As usual, there were of course people who didn’t agree that being brown was normal and of them was a white woman who lived in the block. I remember she used to despise my entire family. My mother and her got into many quarrels but one that is vivid in my mind is of my mother and I sitting together as the woman screamed from the driver's seat of her red car to “go back to where you came from”. I wish that this was the only time that I ever heard this coming from someone's mouth, but unfortunately, it wasn’t. The phrase “go back to where you came from” has been used on my loved ones and I many times that it has come to the point where I can laugh about it. Just the other day, my sister and I were sitting outside, listening to music and talking, when all of a sudden two white men passing by in a truck made a crude gesture at us and shouted obscenities. Not being one for conflict, I laughed it off, but my sister’s mood shifted drastically and she was filled with anger and irritation at mocking ;how far the world had come’, only to begin regress back to the way it once