How To Date A Browngirl Whitegirl Or Halfie Analysis

In “How to Date a Browngirl, Blackgirl, Whitegirl, or Halfie,” Junot Díaz tries to inform the reader about how to date different girls who don't come from the same background. The title of the story gives the impression that it's an instruction guide but further into the reading the story it's the complete opposite. Díaz tells about a teenage boy living in an urban area and his struggles, trying to hide his cultural upbringing to “white girls” and “halfies” to have a chance with them. Díaz tells the reader about his experiences dating these girls and exactly how a date should go, dating a different type of girl. Díaz reveals a compelling issue to the reader about racism in America about how we expect that we should act differently towards people who don’t look like us or come from a different background. Díaz shows how certain individuals like the Yunior change their personality and act differently by changing the way they behave in front of these girl’s to get their approval. Through his use of witty language and reenactments of specific situations, Díaz directly makes a bold statement on insecurities …show more content…
In the title ‘how to’ he makes the reader feel like this story is almost an instruction guide to explain everything for you on dating ‘Browngirl, Blackgirl, Whitegirl, and Halfie’ but this story does exactly the opposite. This story is nothing like a ‘how to’ guide because there are multiple outcomes with each scenario that Yunior chooses. In an instruction manual, there is usually one way of doing things which contradicts with how Díaz named this short story. An instructional manual should be knowledgeable and should be written by an expert in the field. The problem with this short story is that Yunior is right in the middle of figuring this stuff out. Yunior is confused about who he wants to be leading to him becoming embarrassed by his Dominican