People of color who grow up in America believe that their race/culture is not important because they are ashamed of there culture. People of color try to hide who they really are to fit into other races.This relates to me, because I am arabic and not a lot of people like arabs because they think i am a terrorist and i am going to bomb them. Growing up in America as a boy of another race I sometimes feel I like i want to change my race and i feel ashamed that feel that way about my race/culture. The authors of “fish cheeks” “crabs” and “how to date” argue that growing up as a person of color in America is tough because they are embarrassed of their race , struggle with poverty, and embrace other races instead of their own.
The authors of “fish cheeks” “crabs” and “how to date” argue that growing up as a person of color in America is tough because they are embarrassed of their race. The reason for them being embarrassed of their own race is because they believe that other races are better than their race, and this sometimes is caused by the way people’s lifestyles are for example if you grew up poor you think people of other race are doing better than you. sometimes this is also because other races that think they are better than
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The reason for my answer is that because nowadays everyone uses credit cards and if you use a credit card you have to pay every penny back , and that would show you are struggling with money. “Buying food on credit would have advertised our dire straits and was, for my very proud uncle, out of the question”. this shows the author 's uncle was afraid to use the credit because he does not want to advertise he is poor. This proves that the author’s from “Fish Cheeks” “Crabs” and “How To Date” argue that growing up as a person of color in America is tough because they struggle with