Freedom To Vote In The US

Although the article “8 marginalized groups still fighting for the freedom to vote in the U.S.” by Katie Dupere and the expert Mexican WhiteBoy by Matt de la Peña, have different storylines, they both address the theme of feeling like you don't belong. The central theme is crucial because everyone can relate to being stereotyped, it makes people feel left out and as if they don't belong. In the article “8 marginalized groups still fighting for the freedom to vote in the U.S.” demonstrates the theme when the author writes “42 states and the District of Columbia — have laws that could prevent those deemed "mentally incompetent" by a court from voting”. This shows the theme of feeling like you don't belong, since, these people already feel different …show more content…
In Mexican WhiteBoy, Danny says “Danny's brown. Half-Mexican brown. A shade darker than all the white kids at his private high school”. This quote shows how Danny is different from the kids he goes to school with and that can't be easy for him. Being different is what makes Danny feel like an outcast like he can't relate to his schoolmates. In Mexican WhiteBoy, “Danny gives her a polite smile, but inside he's shrinking. He’s trying to suck back into his shell, like a poked and prod­ded snail.” This is an example shows how awkward and uncomfortable Danny feels around his cousin's friends (latina girls). He feels out of place because he's only half Spanish and feels as if he can't relate to them. These quotes from Mexican WhiteBoy by Matt de la Peña show how Danny felt like an outcast. Danny felt as if he didn't belong, and people were stereotyping him for the color of his skin, not the guy he truly was. These people already feel like outcasts, they are different from others and people treat them as such. Hove you ever been left out, felt unwanted, different unimportant? These people feel like this every day, just because they're not classified as