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Personal Narrative: A Change Of Mindset

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A Change Of Mindset
“Our culture, our traditions, our language are the foundations upon which we build our identity (-unknown.)” No one should be labeled as a “slow learner” or “culturally disadvantaged.” Moreover, I believe diversity and expectations from others change someone's point of view of people and the world. No one should be labeled as anything, but should be treated like a human being. People are judged and labeled everyday, culture is one out of many things that are attended to be judged and labeled. For example, in Springboard 2014 the story “An Indian Father's Plea” a father is writing a letter to his son’s teacher and letting her know that his son isn't she has labeled him as a “slow learner.” Wolf’s father states “He is not …show more content…

I was opting for fluidity, self invention blue jeans and t-shirts and renouncing of cast observant “pure culture” marriage in the muherse family.” while on the other hand Bharati’s sister mira feels discriminated against. “ I feel manipulated and discarded.” Not only that did she state that but also “If america wants to make new rules curtailing benefits of legal immigrants, they should apply only to immigrants who arrive after those rules are already in place.” another example in springboard 2014 the story where worlds collide” the tourist feel the need to expectations from others as pico explains in his story “They came out blinking, into the bleached, forgetful, sunshine, in dodgers caps and rodeo drive t-shirts. To further explain both stories are expressing the feeling to americanize themselves to look and be american. In the story Two ways to belong in america the two sisters are both experiencing the need to uphold an expectation of others, in other words the need to to americanize herself while the other sister feels discriminated against, she has not americanized herself or self-transformed herself to look and be american. Not to forget, in the story where worlds collide the tourist also feel the need to uphold the expectations from others, and to americanize themselves. In the view of these people and people and people who feel discriminated against but also feel the expectation to americanize themselves, also feel that people that are “different” from them shouldn’t discriminate, label or judge. Therefore the tendency to go straight forward to these things thus having the effect if no change at

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