Analysis Of Junot Diaz's How To Date A Browngirl, Blackgirl

The idea of stereotypes is to believe unfairly that all people or things with a particular characteristic are the same (Definition, 1). The particular characteristics are, usually, superficial and shallow views that do not go beyond the surface of the individual. In the narrative “How to Date a Browngirl, Blackgirl, Whitegirl, or Halfie” the author Junot Diaz tells the story of a young Dominican man who wrote an instructional manual to his group of friends on how to date women from different ethnicities and races. This book contains steps that categorize people from different races and degrade them. The author uses symbolism, implication and the atmosphere of the story to show how being insecure about one self-identity and racial background …show more content…
The indication of our protagonist superficiality is when Diaz stated, “A local girl may have hips and a thick ass but she will not be quick about letting you touch” (Diaz, 237), which shows that what he wants from his date is mainly sexual and not for a true connection and intimacy. From a statement by our author which states, “Are you still waiting on that bitch? Say, hell yeah” (Diaz, 236), indicates that he has no respect for women; this is noted from his foul language that he uses when referring to women.
The author also portrays the character as a pretender. In the book, he states “Wait for your brother and mother to leave the apartment. You have already told them that you are feeling too sick to go to the Union City to visit the tia who like to squeeze your nuts” (Diaz, 235). Here he pretends to be sick and cannot go to the Union City. The character is also noted to be a liar. He lies to his family about his illness in the sentence, "You have already told them that you are feeling too sick to go to the Union City to visit the tia who like to squeeze your nuts” (Diaz, …show more content…
This is said where the author states that, “Takedown any embarrassing photos of your family in the campo, especially the one with the half-naked kids dragging a goat on a rope leash. Hide the pictures of yourself with an afro” (Diaz, 235). This reveals that he took down pictures of his family and himself with an afro which suggests that he was afraid and insecure of his date judging his family and culture. It also shows insecurity when he has to wait for the mother and a brother to live so as he can bring his date. It states in the book “wait for your brother and mother to live the apartment” (Diaz, 235). He does not want to introduce his mother and brother to his date, may be because he thinks that they are going to embarrass him or maybe he is just not comfortable with that. Moreover, in this book, the author portrays the author as a person who is afraid. This is noted whereby the author states that “put the government cheese back in its place before your mother kills you” (Diaz, 237). This statement shows that the character that the author states is afraid of the mother that’s why he has to return the government cheese where it was