Junot Diaz's How To Date A White Girl

Mixed signals. We get them everyday and from everyone, it is probably the most annoying issue that occurs in relationships. Why must people speak in this indecipherable code? Walking around expecting everyone to be able to understand the meaning of what they are communicating or even worse, what they are not communicating. I believe Junot Diaz, makes a good point of this in his short story "How to Date a Brown Girl (Black Girl, White Girl, or Halfie)". The main character has a precise way of treating every girl dependent upon what her race is. However, I question why, aside from the simplistic answers, such as maybe he's a misogynist or a racist boy. Diaz writes this particular story the way that he does, by placing the reader directly in the shoes of the protagonist, doing so gives insight into the possible conflict this
He is insecure, and anyone who has had an insecurity of any sort will know that one becomes very judgemental of their own thoughts and actions. Just like the boy strives to perfectly cater to every different type of girl, people strive everyday for an unattainable amount of perfection. Which in turn, I believe makes people unhappy or shows that they are already unhappy, the way the main character may be unhappy with being a minority. It could be possible that we are too harsh on how we treat others. Maybe, depending on the persons circumstance we should not be so quick to judge. Automatically, one could say that this boy is just a racist and a sexist, but it seems that his experience has brought him to act in this somewhat compulsive manner; planning and judging every move he makes. Being able to read the story from this boy' point of view, allows one to lighten up and realize that we all from time to time will engage in what others may consider "rude" behavior or way of thinking. Sometimes our experiences make us that