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Stereotypes In William Watts's 'The Color Of Success'

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The Difference We are all human. We all have our own opinion. We all have the right to think how we want to. The community treats people who are different with no respect or acceptance. We all deserve acceptance and respect from our peers. Society stereotypes. In Watts’s memoir “The Color of Success” he remembers the struggles of attending a primarily white school as a black student. The public judge’s people without even knowing the person or people they are judging. Watts explains that he knew about the stereotypes, and says “I occasionally confronted the stereotypes.” (Watts). Most people would not confront the stereotypes that go on day to day but more of us need to be brave and stand up for ourselves. We as humans and a society need to realize that loving each other will bring so much more peace to the earth than hating each other. Your opinion matters just as much as mine does. And in Ronald J. Allen’s Newspaper editorial “American Flag stands for tolerance” we hear several people’s opinions on the American flag being burned. “At the core of what the flag symbolizes, then, is tolerance.” (Allen). Whenever we find someone with a different opinion than us, we automatically think that they are the wrong ones, not ourselves. Specifically, when it comes to political …show more content…

In William J. Brennan’s court opinion “Texas V. Johnson” we hear about the unknown man making an impact on the nation. “…the unknown man will change the nation’s attitude.” (Brennan 15). If one man started to live differently in this world, he could easily impact many people that live near him or are involved with him in the daily life. There is a point when we just need to start accepting each other’s beliefs and respect them too. Society thinks differently, so we do not need to judge people for how or what they think. We may still think and feel differently but we are still all

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Analyzing Someone Else’s Experience In Brent Staples essay “Just Walk on By: Black Men in Public Space” and in Judith Cofer’s essay “The Myth of the Latin Woman: I Just Met a Girl Named Maria” both authors build an argument using their own experience with being stereotyped. These two essays are very effective in proving the author’s argument with real life situations as primary evidence. In Staples essay, he uses his experience as a black male being looked at as a “thug”, “mugger”, or “rapist” and his real life problems that he went through while being stereotyped. In Cofer’s essay, she tells her story of being a Latin American girl and her issues she faced being stereotyped while growing up.

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The decision to attend a white school is a tough one and Junior understands that for him to survive and to ensure that his background does not stop him from attaining his dreams; he must battle the stereotypes regardless of the consequences. In this light, race and stereotypes only makes junior stronger in the end as evident on how he struggles to override the race and stereotypical expectations from his time at the reservation to his time at Rearden. How race and stereotypes made

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"...As Americans, regardless of background, we are really more alike than we are different. Each of us has an obligation to stand up for the rights of fellow Americans — not with rancor or bitterness, but with pride and resolution”, once stated by former U.S Congressman Norman Y. Mineta, these words are often left unheeded in today’s American society. Not a single day goes by without ignorant individuals spewing toxic lines about stereotypes another individual’s heritage. In this day and age, it is beyond inconceivable that discrimination in any shape or size still exists in our world, let alone our nation. Undoubtedly, this is an issue that we must address, and the first step in solving it is to adhere to Mr. Mineta’s statement.

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Author and editorial writer, Brent Staples acknowledges this issue as well as experience many situations in which people distinguish him from others. Brent Staples message in his essay titled “Just Walk On By” is conveyed to the audience through many rhetorical devices in which he suggests that stereotypes of race and gender can impact someone 's life in the easiest ways. Brent Staples use of pathos creates an emotional connection and pulls the reader into his essay, through his anecdotes and diction. His intro paragraph tells an interesting story, in a way that readers often forget what type of passage they are reading. Staples uses of phrases such as “my first victim”, “seemed menacingly close” “picked up her pace” and notably “running in earnest” (1-2).

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