How Different People Value Their Ethnicity

To many people across a variety of different nationalities and cultures, race has been proven to be a key factor for how society views you in the eyes of those who are prominently in charge. The term race has been brought up in recent years, to be considered a form of identification, as the word race is used to describe physical characteristics such as a person’s color of skin, hair, and eyes. When in reality, the correct term they should be using is Ethnicity. As a result, the term race is used to separate people into sub-categories based on the color of their skin. This type of classification, is a man-made creation used by society to classify certain groups of people into lower classes, while keeping the predominate group in charge at the top.

The poem focuses mostly on the overall irritation that the speaker has because of his classmates mocking of the Indian culture. The speaker himself is part of the minority, a young Indian boy, while his school mates are part of the majority, young white American boys. In school at this time within the poem, the students are apparently learning about World History, specifically that week, learning about India. This is what has started the teasing and mocking throughout the poem. The white American children do not understand or have respect for the Indian culture the way that the speaker does since it is in fact his own culture.

Of concern to both Lowe and Oboler is the unequal status of minorities as members of the United States national community and citizenry. Basically, the U.S. citizen has been defined as a white male. This subsequently has meant that especially persons of color have been "conceived in the popular mind as outside of the 'boundaries' of the 'American' community" (Oboler 19). Thus, persons of color are denied "the

Identity is defined as “the fact of being who or what a person or thing is” (Oxford University Press). Personal identity deals with questions that arise about ourselves by virtue of our being people. Some of these questions are familiar that happen to all of us every once in a while: What am I? When did I begin? What will happen to me when I die? There are many different categories that define us as people (Olson). Our Race, Class, and Culture define who we are so much that it affects how we should live our life.

There was a time when America was segregated; Caucasians and African Americans were forced to attend different restrooms, restaurants, and water fountains. However, the era of segregation has been terminated; now America embraces and appreciates the various cultures and ethnicities that create this melting pot several people call home. Likewise, it is this melting pot, or mosaic, of races that multitudes of individuals have identified themselves with. Thus, race and ethnicity does matter for it portrays vital and crucial roles in the contemporary American society. Furthermore, ethnicity and race brings communities together in unity, determines which traditions and ideals individuals may choose to value, and imposes an impediment for it categorizes humans unjustly.

Most of the times minority groups are the least respected and treated not the same like their counterparts in the work or school place. This is because they may believe that minority gathering may be marked and treated differently by companions and educators who may imagine that the accomplishment of minority gatherings in advanced education establishments is unmerited. Governmental policy regarding minorities in society may be unlawful under the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States

Minority status has long since been viewed in a not-so-positive light. From the reflex many people have to lock their doors when they see a homeless person or a person of color, to stereotyping and assumptions based on institutionalized racism, to discrimination, minority status has a part to play in all of it. Similarly, many people have the idea that deaf people cannot do anything for themselves because they are “disabled”. Even though America was once hailed as a melting pot because of the diversity of its citizens, things like “you’re in America now, speak English” are said in today's America. While being defined as a minority isn’t inherently bad, it has become an excuse for some members of the majority to treat minorities as second-class citizens.

Ethnicity and race are ways to differentiate a group of person from another; therefore, in the 21th century this terms has acquired a powerful meaning in society. A few months ago, I learned how significant this terms are.

In my experience emerging in a country where most people look and act a certain way, while I am the outlier thanks to my different looks and traditions, has made me a minority. Being born in Mexico City from a Jewish family that immigrated from Poland two generations ago, and then going to college in Texas, has made me feel the differences of being lets say, “different”.

People tend to deny, rationalize and avoid discussing their feelings and beliefs about race and ethnicity because they are sensitive topics that people want to avoid. People also deny race and ethnicity because there are uncomfortable feelings, because they are uncomfortable feelings they tend to deny they rationalize because they do not want to hear anything negative about their background, I also think it is part of stigma many people would deny their background. According to out lecture states “Some people by virtue of their ethnic heritage (something they individually had no decision in) believe they are superior or inferior to other simply based on their race or culture”. Therefore, people deny their beliefs, race and ethnicity because

My pre-adolescent years were spent in a community thick with diversity. My friendships were as diverse as the environment in which I lived. It never struck me that racial and ethnic ideals separated people in society. However, upon moving to a predominately white upper-class community I began to question such racial and ethnic ideas. From my adolescent years through today I began noticing that certain people are viewed differently for reasons relating to race and ethnicity. As a result, the most recent community I grew up in has kept me sheltered from aspects of society. As a product of a community where majorities existed, I found myself unexposed to the full understanding of race and ethnicity. Prior to the class I had never fully dealt with issues of race or ethnicity, as a result I wondered why they would be of any importance in my life.

The Author in the Poem “Today was a Bad Day like TB” takes pride in her heritage as a Lakota Indian to the point of being understandably bitter. In one situation for example she was talking to a “young blond Hippie boy” ( ) about a pipe and she notices how ignorant he was about the significance of the pipe or from what tribe the pipe came from. The young boy was naïve about Native American culture but pleasant, but as she stated, “ he said all friendly & Liberal as only those with no pain can be “She sees him as someone who does not value or understand the suffering of the Native American people, and only uses the pipe as a prop or a trendy object. She is mad; she feels that her culture is only meant as a stereotype or at tool for enjoyment, as she holds her culture in high value, against what she perceives as being stereotyped by a white boy. While her anger is understandable it appears bitter and an overreaction to a kid who

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If every politician was identical to Ben Carson every debate would be extremely boring. Sui Sin Far, a Chinese-American born in Edith Maude Eaton late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, asserts that “individuality is more important than nationality,” in one of her famous essay “Leaves from the Mental Portfolio of an Eurasian.” Although this remark has been a raging discussion because people dispute that being involved with society, nationality, or culture is more essential than being an individual. Anyone with reasonable logic can effortlessly acknowledge that without identity a person cannot cultivate, advance, and establish that said culture. The drawbacks of choosing nationality over individuality is that people are aloof, tedious, and similar to the movies depicted in Divergent or Hunger games, will end up into an uprising sooner or later.

minorities is clear in everyday society. This can be seen by the way inequality is still persistent among the social classes. Among these classes