Chinese. Hispanics. Latinos. Blacks. All of these ethnic groups are trying to fulfill some stereotypes imposing by American society. It is still present today based on different perceptions of it. Race is seeing as a big problem in the past 20 years and nowadays. In reality, Racism is still a big problem in America where “64% of the people in America think that the tensions between racial and ethnic groups in this country have increased in the last 10 years.” In fact, “American tends to label people in certain ways. For example, the colour of their skin, and other genetic or physical characteristics. They also tend to lump them into groups, even on the slimmest evidence.” In other words, American society is dividing because of physical and
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In fact, when Eddie was at Joey’s house, he says, “ By that point, I was ready to convert. I wanted to be white so fucking bad.” This quote proves that Eddie wants to be on the privileged side based on what he has with his family. Eddie starts his ascendance to whiteness and tries to be like them by listening hip-hop. Yet, as the story goes on, Eddie realizes that listening to hip-hop is not a downward assimilation. It is defining as “when a group of immigrants assimilate into the native culture and take up some of its negative features” . In fact, Huang says, “We didn’t do it because it was cool. At private schools, teachers, parents, and other kids looked down on us for listening hip-hop. It was a black thing, downward assimilation.” This quote proves because Eddie does black thing is a downward assimilation for Americans. Blacks are considering the bad side of the American culture in the opinion of the whiteness. Huang also says, “ I didn’t listen to hip-hop for strategic reasons. I loved it, I needed it. Watching my white and Asian friends move away from hip-hop opened my eyes to this rite of passage that I was never going to join the ascendance into the whiteness.” It proves that Eddie thought that by trying to be like white kids that he wasn’t himself in the privileged side. However, Eddie gets himself a lot in trouble because of his white friends as well as the fact he was confronted by phony teachers who were trying to make him fit in. He has a badass attitude. For example, when he defends his brother Emery at school, he claims when the cops arrived that “ The cops grabbed me and I spit my gum in one cop’s face and that’s when I’d gone too far. They arrested me, walked me out of the school, sent me to booking.” This quote proves that Eddie was sick that people were trying to fuck with him and his family because he was a Chinese and that he is
In fact, when Eddie was at Joey’s house, he says, “ By that point, I was ready to convert. I wanted to be white so fucking bad.” This quote proves that Eddie wants to be on the privileged side based on what he has with his family. Eddie starts his ascendance to whiteness and tries to be like them by listening hip-hop. Yet, as the story goes on, Eddie realizes that listening to hip-hop is not a downward assimilation. It is defining as “when a group of immigrants assimilate into the native culture and take up some of its negative features” . In fact, Huang says, “We didn’t do it because it was cool. At private schools, teachers, parents, and other kids looked down on us for listening hip-hop. It was a black thing, downward assimilation.” This quote proves because Eddie does black thing is a downward assimilation for Americans. Blacks are considering the bad side of the American culture in the opinion of the whiteness. Huang also says, “ I didn’t listen to hip-hop for strategic reasons. I loved it, I needed it. Watching my white and Asian friends move away from hip-hop opened my eyes to this rite of passage that I was never going to join the ascendance into the whiteness.” It proves that Eddie thought that by trying to be like white kids that he wasn’t himself in the privileged side. However, Eddie gets himself a lot in trouble because of his white friends as well as the fact he was confronted by phony teachers who were trying to make him fit in. He has a badass attitude. For example, when he defends his brother Emery at school, he claims when the cops arrived that “ The cops grabbed me and I spit my gum in one cop’s face and that’s when I’d gone too far. They arrested me, walked me out of the school, sent me to booking.” This quote proves that Eddie was sick that people were trying to fuck with him and his family because he was a Chinese and that he is