Hands Down Something In Between Analysis

Unlike the black girls, she is truly confident and accepted the fact that no one is perfect and that everyone is different. This acceptance allows her to talk openly about the fact that the girls of troop 909 are “delayed learners”, and that many of them “just have special needs” (25). The troop 909 leader’s approach to deal with difference is completely the opposite than the black girls’ approach because she focuses on the best while the black girls try to find something bad even if there isn’t

Julia Alvarez is the narrator and author of this book, in which it describes her and her families life adjusting their immigrant ways to their new life in the United States. Alvarez has grown up with her Dominican culture but throughout the book she tries her very best to fit into

Maria is a religious mother of six who throughout the book she is very close minded and unwilling to change her plans or way of life no matter the influence. Maria is a member of the Luna, a family of religious farmers and as such she wants Antonio to become the next educated priest to guide the Luna in the future. She finds comfort in the steady life of farming and finds her husband 's ideals to be idiotic and unrealistic. When arguing about their land, Gabriel sees it as a symbol of freedom but Maria says in retort “It is worthless! Look

Ronald Takaki’s chapter in his sweeping 1989 text, Strangers from a Different Shore, “Dollar a Day, Dime a Dance: The Forgotten Filipinos”, outlines the experiences of primarily male Filipino immigrants to the U.S in the 1920’s and 1930’s. The author did a good job showing what the Filipino went through. Like many immigrants before them, they came seeking work and a better livelihood. They faced backbreaking work, low wages, and at time, extreme racism. However, in many ways the Filipino immigrant experiences were extremely different from other ethnic groups, the Chinese and Japanese immigrants.

She states that “the conclusion that women or minorities are different from men generally.”. She also talks about how the perception of the difference between women and men led to the denial of women’s rights, and they are described as "not capable of reasoning or thinking logically" but instead of "acting intuitively. " It can be concluded that society has had a biased opinion about women based on historical stereotypes and how underrepresentation of women and people of color/ the lack of diversity hinders justice for all individuals. Therefore, this helps to convey her message about her identity by not only how it impacts her, but how it affects all women and people of color, which allows the target audience to

The Distance Between Us is a memoir about Reyna's journey from a Mexican girl to an immigrant in the United

Maria’s actions help break the stereotype of women in film and cultural stereotypes that create bias among audiences. Maria is first revealed as a disheveled nun failing to fulfill her duties, she is therefore sent to help with the Von Trapp Family. Typically nuns are viewed as celibate God-fearing women who are strict in their ways and seldom voice out opinions, but rather silently protest and pray away problems. Maria leaves the nunnery for a different lifestyle she breaks the stereotype and is able to stand up for her self, and forces the Captain to be warmer to his children. Maria becomes a symbol of a strong woman who has broken the traditional reliance of a man; instead Maria takes it upon herself to aid the family into safety from Nazi takeover.

She is accustomed to living her life according to societal standards and not how she wants. “The kind of Dominican girl who was destined never to get off the mountain or out of the camp” (Diaz,1). For an immigrant, working from sunrise to sunset is the best option for them. The "traditions" of working on the farm or getting married were things his mother wanted to come to an end. She had a desire to become a nurse, but her mother forbade her from pursuing it.

This relates to the idea of cultural hegemony as the idea of the Western countries being in power is left unquestioned and instinctively accepted. The advances the Americans created for the Filipinos should not be discredited, but the maltreatment, exploitation, and oppression the Americans imposed on the Filipinos must not also be ignored. Disregarding these negative aspects continues to perpetuate the idea that the Americans liberated the Filipinos, thus Filipinos and Filipino-Americans should not have the power in their voices to advocate against the American government. This way of thinking prevents Filipino-Americans from recognizing their political efficacy and maintains the idea that the oppression the Filipino-American community faces is a price they pay for assimilation. Additionally, this passivity as a result of colonial mentality benefits the colonizer because the American government continues to not feel pressured to make these changes for the Filipino

The Black Girls Matter article reminded me of the 13 Reasons Why Netflix series in that often times, such as in the case of the protagonist, Hannah Baker, these girls face problems of abuse and

do was ask the men at the mill to keep the secret for another six

were on the side of the Central Powers. The alliances were brought into action when

Think of society as a cave. It traps you inside so you have no way out. Particularly in this time gender is at the front of issues. A major problem is that people will choose what they think is acceptable for another gender. This cave belongs to contemporary society, which revolves around gender equality.

In “The Myth of the Latin Woman: I Just Met a Girl Named Maria” the main argument made is that Hispanic women often struggle being identified. Judith goes on talking about her experiences with men and how they identify her as “Maria” because of her Hispanic heritage. They also identified her as a person she really wasn’t because if the way she dressed up. She talks about her Puerto Rican culture and how her mother made her dress and act like a woman at a young age. Later on in the reading passage she says a story about a job interview in high school and how they had to dress up. For her, dressing up was different from the other girls because of her heritage. The day of the interview they were identified as negative models and the whole day they were steered at. They also called her a “Hot Tamale” which is a stereotype for Hispanic women and a couple of other stereotypes were said to her. One of her most memorable incident was when she was at an event in a boat in Miami and a women called her over because she thought she was waitress. Those rough times didn’t stop Judith from wanting what she wanted to do which was to fit in the American culture. She accomplished to get an education and to set the reality of who Latina women are despite the stereotypes and myths.

Scott Mendelson in his review writes “the film fails as a study of individual humanity, as both of its stars are presented as broadest and most clichéd class-related stereotypes imaginable… There