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Junot Diaz's How To Date A Brown Girl, White Girl

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“How to Date a Brown Girl, Black Girl, White Girl or Halfie” Junot Diaz The writer gives a bird eye view regarding rules and manners to date plus methods of proficiently pander to in relation (sexual) with the one who he is dating. Diaz specifically highlights about the level of confidence of parents has on their young sons but still they has been noticed in leaving them alone at house. The primary user of the author’s stance is expected to be undergrads. The writer also mentions in his story about how one should be making sexual initiatives, which not only gives maximum strength to the sexual relation but also not putting the family and the girl in an awkward position, which will ultimately humiliate their family. Furthermore, the writer also describes the various signals and responses girls’ gives in a sexual relation and how those responses can be and should be manipulated by the opposite person. In his point of view, Diaz provides multiple ideas regarding white, brown and black girls personalities and backgrounds, and his perception on the issue of dating these girls, in which an important element is how to read the trails provided by these females in different occasions or situations such as his …show more content…

This along these lines, rules out independence. Diaz's recommendation likewise makes the man court a racial and social prime example other than an individual's actual personality. By doing this, Diaz advances stereotyping practices and offers supports towards them. Counsel given to the man by Diaz is gotten from his own encounters with specific gatherings as opposed to from an individual involvement with a solitary individual in this way affecting on the validity

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