Fitting in is being “socially compatible with members of a specific group.” Fitting in is one thing that multiple people want to be able to accomplish without having to change who they are as a person. They want to be given the chance to fit equally into a place where they don’t feel like an outcast. Social equality is described as the same status in certain respects, which includes freedom of speech, property rights and equal access to certain social goods and services. The existing differences amongst others in today’s society lead to racism which causes individuals the need to seek equality. Racism is seen as the discrimination directed against someone of a different race based on the belief that one's own race is superior. Racism contributes
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Due to this, they are looked down upon. In the reading, Abolition of Whiteness by Jasmine Syedullah, she writes about how she lived around white spaces the majority of her life. In order to fit in, she had to change certain things that she did as an African American woman living in a white culture. The author claims, “I was not becoming what my world expected me to be, and it was not something I was supposed to fix or overcome,” (Syedullah 16). When the author expresses how she feels, she means that she is lost during her journey of fitting in with those individuals who are of a different ethnicity than her. In relation to the author’s experience, Dreamers for the most part need to change the way they act in order to fit into today’s society. The parents of these Dreamers had to leave their country and struggle finding a variety of ways to cross the border. Once they succeeded crossing the border, they had to find a place where they were able to fit in and not feel like a foreigner. Even though many of them took the time to learn a new language to be able to become a part of White society, they still felt excluded because many would judge them. When Syedullah states in her reading, “We long for community but do not know how to sit with difference,” (Syedullah 22) she refers to how individuals get excited about having a change and jump with hesitating onto the first train that leaves, but they are not aware of what the …show more content…
In the reading, “White Debt,” by Eula Biss that, “Once you’ve been living in a house for a while, you tend to believe that it’s yours even though you don’t own it yet,” (Biss 120). The author relates the “house” to being in debt, because buying a house was as if a person is owned. Moving to a different country came at a cost for immigrants because they are at risk of being deported. After years of living in the country where they not only learned the language, but were also taught the material they know in the schools they attended, they consider that place a home. They never had the opportunity to grow up in a country with groups of peers who shared the same interests or spoke the same language as them. This group of individuals came from other countries with the illusion that they will also have the same privileges as citizens. In a presidential speech in June of 2015, Trump claimed that Mexico doesn’t send their best people to the United States and assumes that only some are good people. He considers immigrants rapists, criminals and drug dealers. When Trump says racist things about immigrants, he ignites those with power, especially those of a difference race, to look down upon them and also say false racist things about them. A handful of registered voters, including Trump want immigrants and D.A.C.A
Due to this, they are looked down upon. In the reading, Abolition of Whiteness by Jasmine Syedullah, she writes about how she lived around white spaces the majority of her life. In order to fit in, she had to change certain things that she did as an African American woman living in a white culture. The author claims, “I was not becoming what my world expected me to be, and it was not something I was supposed to fix or overcome,” (Syedullah 16). When the author expresses how she feels, she means that she is lost during her journey of fitting in with those individuals who are of a different ethnicity than her. In relation to the author’s experience, Dreamers for the most part need to change the way they act in order to fit into today’s society. The parents of these Dreamers had to leave their country and struggle finding a variety of ways to cross the border. Once they succeeded crossing the border, they had to find a place where they were able to fit in and not feel like a foreigner. Even though many of them took the time to learn a new language to be able to become a part of White society, they still felt excluded because many would judge them. When Syedullah states in her reading, “We long for community but do not know how to sit with difference,” (Syedullah 22) she refers to how individuals get excited about having a change and jump with hesitating onto the first train that leaves, but they are not aware of what the …show more content…
In the reading, “White Debt,” by Eula Biss that, “Once you’ve been living in a house for a while, you tend to believe that it’s yours even though you don’t own it yet,” (Biss 120). The author relates the “house” to being in debt, because buying a house was as if a person is owned. Moving to a different country came at a cost for immigrants because they are at risk of being deported. After years of living in the country where they not only learned the language, but were also taught the material they know in the schools they attended, they consider that place a home. They never had the opportunity to grow up in a country with groups of peers who shared the same interests or spoke the same language as them. This group of individuals came from other countries with the illusion that they will also have the same privileges as citizens. In a presidential speech in June of 2015, Trump claimed that Mexico doesn’t send their best people to the United States and assumes that only some are good people. He considers immigrants rapists, criminals and drug dealers. When Trump says racist things about immigrants, he ignites those with power, especially those of a difference race, to look down upon them and also say false racist things about them. A handful of registered voters, including Trump want immigrants and D.A.C.A