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Stereotypes In A Community Garden

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In the text, the book stereotypes certain secondary characters, such as the Puerto Rican kid Sam hired. On page 25, Sam hires someone to help him garden. This kid wanted to grow marijuana so he could sell it. This shows that the book may stereotype people without even realizing it. It stereotyped the Puerto Rican kid as the kind of person who would want to grow and sell marijuana in a community garden. This stereotypes all Puerto Rican teenagers as the kind of teens that would be stupid enough to grow drugs in a community garden. It also stereotypes Puerto Rican teens as drug addicts and sellers. However, Sam had believed that the Puerto Rican teenager was a good person. Sam never had any stereotypes, he was a pacifist. He wanted the world
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