By: Karen Carrillo 11th grade
Washington Prep, Women of Color in the U.S.
The most important issues in these excerpts
are that girls of color are not confident with whom they are. In Lianne
Labossiere’s “A PAGE FROM MY DIARY: BLACK AND BEATUFUL” Labossiere states, “I
thought of how I have always thought, the lighter the better…. And although I
hate to admit it, I have always idolized white girls and disliked my own
sisters of color”(23). In this excerpt Lianne has accepted all the stereotypes
other people say to her to the extent that she doesn’t believe in, or accept,
who she is. Instead, she focuses on who she would like to be.
Many of the girls in these stories seem to
be alike in a big way; mainly because all of these girls have experienced
discrimination and felt put-down by others’ stereotypes. This is important
because people shouldn’t be put down only because of their skin color, hair
texture, gender, or status.
Consequently, due to all the negative remarks, all girls start to have a
low self-esteem or feel unwanted. In some cases it may be difficult to deal
with: “ It’s hard getting up in the morning not knowing what the day will bring
or become” (Grady, 34). Everyday to her is a challenge to go through probably
because of the hard times people give her: “ It’s hard walking down the halls
getting called names… Why don’t they understand you CAN be mixed with black and
white?” (Grady, 34). Here, she
expresses how she feels when other people are calling her names as she walks
through the school and the fact that people don’t accept that she’s half white
only because she doesn’t have the hair or eyes that Caucasian people have.
People are so close-minded and sometimes they have to accept reality and
themselves before they can accept anybody else
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