My adoptive mother believed that this world was in quote “A white man’s world”. She believed that the Caucasian Americans living in this godly world had better opportunities than any other race. In fact, she mimicked every word she said twice to get it through my head: it was not worth fighting for your goals or dreams because they were not going to be notice anyway. In reality, I always thought it made sense but somehow as I grew older I felt that was not true. There’s only one race and that’s the human race. I don’t take offense to her words; because she was born in the 40’s and I know during that time people were fighting for freedom. However, I learned how NOT to view the world from my family. I understand my family’s tradition, and I feel those traditions showed me the importance of family and having a sense of
My adoptive mother believed that this world was in quote “A white man’s world”. She believed that the Caucasian Americans living in this godly world had better opportunities than any other race. In fact, she mimicked every word she said twice to get it through my head: it was not worth fighting for your goals or dreams because they were not going to be notice anyway. In reality, I always thought it made sense but somehow as I grew older I felt that was not true. There’s only one race and that’s the human race. I don’t take offense to her words; because she was born in the 40’s and I know during that time people were fighting for freedom. However, I learned how NOT to view the world from my family. I understand my family’s tradition, and I feel those traditions showed me the importance of family and having a sense of