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Stereotypes In Raymond's Run By Toni Cade Bambara

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Stereotypes. They are all around us. They control how we look, how we act, and what we do. Society teaches us to be a certain person, and throw away the truth of who we are. If you are a woman you must wear dresses, have a lower level job with less pay than men, be skinny, wear makeup, and clean up the house. We put this expectation on who women must be. Almost everyone is lost in the world of stereotypes; they are lost in a battle between who they are--imperfect and the stereotype--the fake person they are forced to be versus the one they are struggling to become. Stereotypes really take a toll when you are a young African-American girl who struggles with femininity and has to take care of her mentally challenged brother while bullies try to knock you down. Meet Hazel Parker (nicknamed Squeaky): the protagonist in the story, “Raymond’s Run” by Toni Cade Bambara. Squeaky loves to run some even call …show more content…

Stereotypes appear in the story as Squeaky thinks of Mayday, and how she used to dance around the Maypole: “The biggest thing on the program is the May Pole dancing, which I can do without, thank you, even if my mother thinks it’s a shame I don’t take part and act like a girl for a change.” pgs 31-32 lines 175-180. This quote shows that Squeaky acknowledges, and sort of dismisses the fact that she is not the perfect daughter, and that her mom wants her to be a girly girl, with the Maypole dancing and feminine activities like this. The same is true for Mulan, who knows that her family expects to marry her off to a man, and act like a proper girl to bring honor to her family:“Look at me/ I will never pass for a perfect bride/ Or a perfect daughter”. This shows that Mulan recognizes that she will not live up to her parents’ stereotypes, and that she will not be a perfect daughter or bride. This is the first stage of getting lost in the world of stereotypes:

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