Native American Stereotypes

One of the main obstacles Junior overcomes is stereotypes. Junior is an Indian who lives on a reservation. Indians have many stereotypes that are towards them. For instance one stereotype is that they have no hope. Junior had a conversation with one of his teachers about his future, which involved him switching schools. Junior knew that if he stayed at the reservation high school he won’t be able to make a future for himself. So when his parents got home he asked them who has the most hope, “’White people, (Alexie45)’” his parents told him at the same time. Even

Sherman Alexie, in “Indian Education” tells his experiences in school on the reservation. Some of his teachers did not treat him very good and did not try to understand him. In his ninth grade year he collapsed. A teacher assumed that he had been drinking just because he was Native American. The teacher said, “What’s that boy been drinking? I know all about these Indian kids. They start drinking real young.” Sherman Alexie didn’t listen to the negatives in school. He persevered and became valedictorian of his school.

“Alcohol addiction stunts the spiritual, emotional and mental growth of a person”~Anonymous. Sherman Alexie’s novel, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian, is a book based off the author’s teenage life. The novel is about a poor 14 year old named Junior who faced numerous challenges in his life. Junior has experienced bullying, he was called a traitor for following his dreams, got in a huge fight with his best friend and lost three very important people in his life because of alcohol. Fortunately in the end, Junior got through the pain and lived on but he learned many lessons. One of the lessons Junior learned was that the fall into addiction, in this situation alcohol, leads to a great deal of misery for the individual and those

This draws a connection to the erasure of Native American culture in history, they are seen as rare and different from the ordinary, and for some people their existence is completely forgotten or denied. His own comments of not belonging at a white school, because of his nationality and family history further show the division of race that he can see at Reardan. Junior’s cursing accentuates how frustrated and pathetic he feels, viewed as less than everyone at his school, and constantly rejected and isolated by his white peers. The negative, demeaning mindset of those white kids is that Native Americans do not deserve anything from white people, not their time, attention, care, or even a proficient education. According to Jens Manuel Krogstad at Pew Research Center, Native Americans have the second highest high school dropout rate- eleven percent. This is very high, especially when compared to the white or Asian dropout rates- five and three percent, respectively. Additionally, it says Native Americans have the second lowest percentage of bachelor’s degrees, only seventeen percent, compared to the two highest, white and Asian, at thirty three and fifty percent (Krogstad). Many Native Americans today are not allowed a chance at education because of poverty at reservations, and lousy, penniless schools. These issues are not thought about or spoken of often, because they are simply not

My graduating class has a reunion every weekend at the Powwow Tavern” (Alexie2). This quote from Sherman Alexie’s “Indian Education” represents how reservation life results in a life cycle of depression and large amounts of risk-taking among Indians who feel confined to what the reservation has to offer. Throughout the short story Junior, whom is both narrator and protagonist gives great insight into what life is like for a young Indian boy on and off the Spokane reservation. He is able to both identify with and distance himself from his Indian ancestors. In “Indian Education”, reservation life reveals the social depression experienced by the Indians, it defines who Junior is and who he

The teacher is stereotyping him because he lives on the reservation. Just because he lives on the reservation doesn’t mean he can't be smart or possibly smarter than some of the other student at

Adjusting to another culture is a difficult concept, especially for children in their school classrooms. In Sherman Alexie’s, “Indian Education,” he discusses the different stages of a Native Americans childhood compared to his white counterparts. He is describing the schooling of a child, Victor, in an American Indian reservation, grade by grade. He uses a few different examples of satire and irony, in which could be viewed in completely different ways, expressing different feelings to the reader. Racism and bullying are both present throughout this essay between Indians and Americans. The Indian Americans have the stereotype of being unsuccessful and always being those that are left behind. Through Alexie’s negativity and humor in his

Mr.Dodge uses his authority and exploits Arnold’s ethnicity to disrespect and humiliate Arnold. Mr. Dodge knows the conditions in the reservation how that affects the schools and the education there. This means he views our main character as intellectually inferior compared to his peers and himself too. But rather than motivating Arnold to succeed and break barriers, he uses this knowledge as ammunition to demean Arnold to save face. Mr.Dodge is more concerned with how he appears and uses his authority to perpetuate the racist stereotype of Native Americans being dim.

To start, the novel shows that alcoholism on the rez is normalized and is a problem for many Native-American’s lives. Firstly, Junior says about his dad on Christmas, “He took what little money we did have and ran away to get drunk”

There are different stereotypes about the Asian Indians. These stereotypes are originated when interact with the Asian Indians. They observe their living style or when they meet them in different places like universities, school, colleges, restaurants and hotels. There are some good as well as bad stereotypes are famous about the Asian Indians. Some common stereotypes of the Americans about the Asian Indians are listed below:

Native American people have a unique struggle in society. This stems from cultural epidemics like drug addiction, alcoholism, obesity, and rampant suicide, but also systemic racism and a sort of cultural lag. This is not meant to be a critique of culture, simply an observation of the condition of the families I have helped serve over the course of this internship. To be “Native” has become a slew of stereotypical representations. Stereotypes do not represent reality, but they do affect how individuals view themselves, and limit their ability to become anything but what they are expected to be. This is called the self-fulfilling prophecy. If Native American children grow up in a closed network, such as a reservation or a boundary, they are presented

Junior faces racist insults from his fellow student. “‘Did you know that Indians are living proof that n*ggers f*ck buffalo”’(Alexie 64). Roger tells Junior this racial slur just because he is Native American. This statement causes Junior to punch Roger in the face. Even though Junior is met with hatred at his new school right from the start, Junior stands up for himself against Roger and others and gains the respect from his fellow students.

Junior is from an Indian Reservation , and he goes to a school called Wellpinit . The thing is everyone from and on the Rez live simple lives and basically have "given

Junior talks about his parents, and explains what poorness has done to them by saying, “I know my mother and father had their dreams when they were kids. They dreamed about being something other than poor, but they never got the chance to be anything because nobody paid attention to their dreams” (Alexie 11). This quote shows that he acknowledges that people on the rez have been very poor for a while because he sees what happened to his parents. In most places people are unknowing of the struggles of poorness, but this book teaches us about it. This quote is also a backstory to his parents, and is a prime example that poverty is something we need to understand. We should keep the book because, like the quote shows, it teaches us about poverty. Next, this book teaches us about racism. A prime example of racism was when one of Junior’s classmates said,” "Did you know that Indians are living proof that niggers fuck buffalo” (Alexie 64)? The quote stated above was said to Junior’s face. It is very racist because not only does it use terrible language, but it is a rude comment about all Indians. This question was asked by a white male at the new school the Junior went to. The only thing that this quote proves is that the book should be kept in schools. It would prove that because there are people in towns with everyone of the same race. Those towns have kids that never dealt with the type of

In the text, Junior is given fewer painkillers when at the dentist because he is Indian. Junior declares in the text, “And what’s more, our white dentist believed that Indians only felt half as much pain as white people did, so he only gave us half the Novocain” (Alexie 2). Due to the fact that Junior is given fewer painkillers for being Indian, it exemplifies racial injustice that Junior cannot control. Likewise, Junior also experiences enmity from his teachers that he cannot maintain. His white teacher, Mr. P, has insulting opinions about Indian culture that he believes are true.