Stereotype About Identity
Stereotype about Identity
Since we were children, we were brought up with the idea that boys are strong, aggressive, and the leaders, whereas, girls are weak, passive, and the followers. In addition, most people assume that the white community is the wealthiest and the most successful race. Those are indeed prejudice; it exists everywhere becoming a stereotype. Most stereotypes are dealt more with minorities, especially in the United States. With two articles ‘It’s Hard Enough Being Me’ by Raya and ‘The Harmful Myth of Asian Superiority’ by Takaki, we can go further into depth of this stereotype by arguing how Raya faces the culture shock as well as identity crisis, and why Takaki disagrees with the statement that Asian Americans are indeed successful, and it is wrong to generalize any particular race as more advanced over another.
‘It’s Hard Enough Being Me’ by Raya is a short story about her own experience. It seems to be the cultural awakening of a female college student that occurs when she goes off to college in New York. Coming from the Mexican American family, Raya did not think much about where she comes from and who she is until college. Raya says, “In El Sereno, I felt like I was part of the majority, whereas at the College I am a minority” (119). Now that she is in a new environment, she feels detached from the society. Moreover, Raya’s mom did not want to teach her Spanish because she des not want her daughter be called “spic” or “wetback” (119). Raya had the advantage of being Mexican and Puerto Rican, but never had the chance to develop her main language when she was a little girl because it would be used against her. In this essay, the author uses the emotional appeal to show that how she is treated by Mexicans when she can’t speak perfect Spanish as well as how she is treated by Americans while attempting to speak the language. “Soy yo and no one else. Punto.”(120), this last sentence in her article uses two competing languages and it
Since we were children, we were brought up with the idea that boys are strong, aggressive, and the leaders, whereas, girls are weak, passive, and the followers. In addition, most people assume that the white community is the wealthiest and the most successful race. Those are indeed prejudice; it exists everywhere becoming a stereotype. Most stereotypes are dealt more with minorities, especially in the United States. With two articles ‘It’s Hard Enough Being Me’ by Raya and ‘The Harmful Myth of Asian Superiority’ by Takaki, we can go further into depth of this stereotype by arguing how Raya faces the culture shock as well as identity crisis, and why Takaki disagrees with the statement that Asian Americans are indeed successful, and it is wrong to generalize any particular race as more advanced over another.
‘It’s Hard Enough Being Me’ by Raya is a short story about her own experience. It seems to be the cultural awakening of a female college student that occurs when she goes off to college in New York. Coming from the Mexican American family, Raya did not think much about where she comes from and who she is until college. Raya says, “In El Sereno, I felt like I was part of the majority, whereas at the College I am a minority” (119). Now that she is in a new environment, she feels detached from the society. Moreover, Raya’s mom did not want to teach her Spanish because she des not want her daughter be called “spic” or “wetback” (119). Raya had the advantage of being Mexican and Puerto Rican, but never had the chance to develop her main language when she was a little girl because it would be used against her. In this essay, the author uses the emotional appeal to show that how she is treated by Mexicans when she can’t speak perfect Spanish as well as how she is treated by Americans while attempting to speak the language. “Soy yo and no one else. Punto.”(120), this last sentence in her article uses two competing languages and it