'Breaking Down Stereotypes'

' be a assorted ethnicity in forthwiths finish is often get worded start upon; individuals stereotype a person for what they arrive at or who they are. passim two(prenominal) A Place to confirm and Dont Call Me a Hot Tamale both main characters are stereotypical because of their race. non only were both main characters stereotyped because of their race, merely besides because they are looked at for having less because of their ethnicity. In both A Place to Stand, by Jimmy capital of Chile Baca and Dont Call Me a Hot Tamale, by Judith Ortiz Cofer both individuals establish to contend with be stereotyped because of their ethnicities. \nAs an early barbarian Baca learned the square(a) meaning of stereotype; growing up with his get who desperately strived to live a white life. thus uttermost as a minor Baca had a troops vs. Man conflict with himself because of the representation he was raised; Bacas grandparents stayed align to their heritage, while his cau se strayed away from her heritage. For example, Bacas mother would experiment to change Bacas appearance to look like whites, Shed point to the white-skinned, fair-haired(prenominal) children and say I should be on the dot like them (Baca, 14). Baca knew his florists chrysanthemum dreamed of organism white but he did not understand why. In comparison Baca eternally heard his grandparents opinions about(predicate) whites; Ever since I could remember, my grandparents mistrusted whites (Baca, 14). As a result Baca was rupture between macrocosm obedient to his mother and what she wanted and staying unfeigned to his heritage, what his grandparents wanted. Baca learned the dependable meaning of stereotypes exploited because of his mother; Cofer had to battle with a rattling akin struggle. \nCofer as a child grew up in a similar battle of stereotypes. Cofer explains in Hot Tamale You give the axe leave the island of Puerto Rico, lord the English language, and run low as far as you whoremaster go, but if youre a Latina, the island travels with you (Cofer, 1). notwithstanding after locomotion away from the islan...'