Julie Betty Book Report

Barbara gets in deep details explaining how the low class society struggles every day to be able to have all the essential things for surviving very day. The struggles at work, being

A text from the chapter that stuck with me the most was an Italian group discriminating against Mexicans, not letting them rent their hall to Mexicans. In page 13, the owners of the Italian hall get told that in Italy they wouldn’t prejudice like that, the Italians simply reply with “No, but we are becoming Americanized”. This stood out to me the most because it gives an idea of what others thought it took to be an

With the multitude of characters and their thought provoking pasts, one can certainly learn much from their perseverance and determination. The rating I would give it would be four and one half out of five. The book itself was delightful and captivating, as well as the intriguing characters, but the tone was sometimes a bit slow and could be a boring to some degree. Any minor characters in this book seemed so much more than one would expect from non-fiction. The characters in general mentioned in this story were often given many descriptive details and did not seem like they were just there for show. They truly aided in helping paint the picture of the students and school, making it seem more like it was like any regular high school. This book was extremely interesting and truly makes one think about how immigration is a serious matter that can turn dangerous at almost any

This novel was definitely a rollercoaster because you thought you knew what was going to happen next but bang it would just end up shocking you. One thing that really surprised me was how angry he became with his family because he was of a darker skin tone than the rest of them. I mean that isn't something the family had control over and ended up not seeing his mother for a very long time until before her death. I also found it interesting that the father was able to get away with cheating on his wife and she would do nothing about it but only turn one eye to pretend it wasn't happening. I feel like I could sort of relate to his novel in some sort of way. Being a light skinned Mexican, I have noticed I get treated differently from dark skinned Mexicans. I don't mean this in an offensive way but I have received better treatment throughout my whole life for being a light skinned Mexican. For instance, I was standing behind a dark skinned Mexican man in the grocery line and the cashier wasn't very friendly with him and didn't seem to care about him whatsoever. Once it was my turn the cashier greeted me kindly and tried to make conversation. I didn’t really think about it until I took this course because I didn’t think it was such a big deal, but now looking back at it, it kind of is. Racial discrimination happens everyday around us and Piri noticed it

The black characters in the novel are all victims of this “separate but equal” mentality; the younger characters yearn for real equality and the older characters have settled in to their lives by accepting their “fate.” The existing structures of society in Bayonne, Louisiana prevent black characters such as Grant Wiggins and Vivian from ever breaking out of their social class; both are forced to remain in their lives as teachers of young black children who will also grow up to live limited lives. Wiggins says of his classroom, “I’m the teacher... and I

Ever wonder why violence spreads and why it keeps happening. The people that live in areas where the violence is happening can either help keep the violence alive, or can completely try to avoid it. In the Ida B. Wells LeAlan and Lloyd are two kids that live in the hood and want to make it a better place to live. LeAlan and Lloyd go around interviewing and reporting what other ideas people have to let them have a voice. Most of the people that live in the Ida B.Wells are living in the shadows to keep out of trouble. It depends on the people that they hang out with that will affect their future. By living in these “ghetto” areas these people including little children see all the violence that is happening in their neighborhood. It was

In the book Storming Heaven by Denise Giardina, education, and the lack there of, plays one of the largest roles in the character's lives. At this time in West Virginia, where the book is set, many children had to leave school and actually go into the coalmines, as Rondal Lloyd did, or work on the family farm. Racial ignorance is also a key element Giardina confronts in the novel. The characters, chief and secondary, equally cultural and racially bland, pass on their beliefs and therefore help to maintain the continuous circle of inequality that carries on even today. Political knowledge, at least on the national and state level, is also lacking within the little town of Annadel. With this

The main focus of the book is the more you grow up, the more you are subjected to how unequal society is and how you or others affect the life you live. As growing up the daughter of a wealthy southerner, Scout comes across others that look at her life and the comparison of it to theirs. As Scout

We as audience are immediately put in these characters shoes not only as Mexican-Americans but as students who are also trying to further our education, get a profession, and have economic stability in the future. This allows us as audience to have an emotional response such as joy as we see these characters discovery of self-identity and growing empowerment through the classrooms. Witnessing how their knowledge is expanding by them asking questions, watching them being pushed by their passionate teachers, teaching them how to think critically about the world while also learning self- appreciation and their communities. As audience we are instantly filled with anger when we become aware that politician Tom Horne has opposed to the teaching of ethnic studies by proposing the House Bill 2281, claiming that the teachers were planning a conspiracy to overthrow the American Government. As audience we feel like these characters are a true representation of our aspirations and our struggles as human beings.

It wasn’t that black African American weren’t allowed in the other public school because of the segregation people couldn’t even think of that thought happening because they knew that the “white” people were going to take offense to this and make a huge scene like not sending their kids to the same school or even making sure that no one talks to the black African Americans kids and more. These innocent’s kids were looked at differently in a bad way for just being African American. One line that I liked from the reading was “The racial ideas of children are less rigid, more easily changed, than the racial ideas of adults” (Clark, p. 284) saying that adults already have their minds set up but children haven’t and they can see what is right and wrong and judge of that but it’s hard to do it while this whole segregation era been taking place because even the children will start thinking like adults and think about hate. Latinos almost went through the same problems that African Americans had. That’s why I believe they are so similar with the problems they have faced in their life. So many students that were Latino were faced with many challenges in American Public

What is one of the themes of this book? I guess the writer tries to point out many existing stereotypes in life. While I was reading the book, I tried to find out some of them. On page 254, the quote “on my way… me” discrimination could lead to stereotypes, the theorem is that discrimination increases prejudice through the reactions it provokes its victims. In the first entry, “troubled students” bred a higher rate of troubles, and teachers can then use the troublesome circumstances to justify continuing the discrimelaborates a general stereotype - the teacher thinks Asians are smart, while the Latino or the black could hardly get into the universities they like. This is also a reason why teachers except for Ms. Gruwell believe “troubled kids” don’t have any potential to make a change: they don’t even expect them to change and thus do nothing about them. The stereotypes could also result from lots of factors in society as well. According to my personal research and from a psychological perspective, stereotypes have social, emotional and cognitive roots. Socials roots include social inequalities, discrimination, and what is called in-group bias in psychology. And meanwhile cognitive roots contain categorization. Social inequalities appear everywhere in the book. To be specific, on page 23, a dyslexic student who cannot learn normally as many others do was not treated equally by his teacher and peers. Everyone was laughing at him and saying he was stupid. One may therefore wonder how come ination against those kids. In-group bias occurred as well. On page 8, we all see that students at school actually divide themselves into many groups of their own race. And on page 10, a translated quote meaning “my neighbourhood is the best” indicates that every one of these students thinks his or her race is the best, which meets all the criteria of both in-group bias theory categorization. Last but not the least, speaking of

The year is 1946 and Laura McAllan is doing her best to bring up her children Bella and Amanda. She lives in the Mississippi delta on her husband Henrys farm. Being raised in the city Laura is out of her comfort zone and is somewhat scared of her new environment. The family is struggling to get by when her husband’s brother, Jamie, and Ronsel, return from fighting in WWII. Jamie turns out to be the exact opposite of Henry. He is good looking, charming, and has dark side brought on by combat in WWII. Ronsel happens to be the son of the black sharecroppers who work and live on Henrys farm. He has returned to his family a war hero. He was an Army Sergeant who served under Patton. However, his time in the Army and his heroic acts defending his country in WWII did not matter in Mississippi. With Jim Crow laws in the south he was still seen as less than human. Ronsel and Jamie, both WWII veterans, formed an unlikely friendship; one that would not be easy to keep. This is a very powerful story that sheds light on the great injustices in American history caused by anything from Jim Crow to the KKK. I chose this book because it is a good example of how race and class influenced the lives of African Americans. Meritocracy is the system where everybody receives equal opportunity to be successful in life. It is well known during the time period in this book that was not the case. The race and class of the individual decided the opportunities at success they

Through out the movie you see difficulties that the students are trying to finally fit to be part of the system but they still may not be accepted because of their classes. With low achieving school, have a suspicious amount of high test scores the reliability and dependability are questioned. Conflict theory is used that the struggle in society and schools between the haves and have nots. For example, not funding for computer, not having computers, no air conditioning for summer and less opportunities for students in general. The school is portrayed as a place where students do not want to be or care about being in school. The staff don’t care about the students especially they gave up on them. There is a quote that I got from the movie, that Mr. Escalante was asking the math department for calculus

No matter where you go in the world people are divided. They can be divided by their wealth or state of living these are social classes. In the novel “The Outsiders” by S.E. Hinton social classes a very apparent the rich and the poor. In The Outsiders, social classes create a divide in the community. The isolation of these two groups lead to the tension and violence that is seen in the book.

No matter where you go in the world, people are divided. They can be divided by their wealth or state of living these are social class. In the novel “The Outsiders” by S.E. Hinton social classes a very apparent the rich and the poor. In The Outsiders, social classes create a divide in the community. The isolation of these two groups leads to the tension and violence that is seen in the book.