Manual Munoz Leave Your Name

If someone was to ask you the question if racist are born or are they created what you say? At this moment, I feel like peoples answer will be roughly about 75% on the side that they are born, while another 25% of people would say that they are made. However, if I was asked this question I would say I believe that it would be 50% born, and 50% made. The reason I believe that is because, no child is ever born to have bad intention, the only reason children learn this bad intention is either from their parents, people around them, and the media they view today. Which in my opinion is a terrible thing, especially in today’s society since the U.S is filled with many diverse people. Especially, since the U.S is where people come to migrate from …show more content…
According to the reading “Leave Your Name at the Border” first recalls about how our author Manual Munoz and his mother was at the airport and how they saw a lady at the airport who happened to make herself look lighter than she actually was. She did that so she could fit in with the person around her, which demonstrates that she is ashamed of who she is and how she looks like, this is known as passing. Manual Munoz found it weird how when they have children instead of naming their children after their aunt or uncle they are starting to be named after some random white people. He also found it weird when American names showed up …show more content…
According to the reading “A California 'Dreamer' goes home to Mexico. But 'home' proves elusive,” it talks about the author Cindy Carcamo happens to be a child in a Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, which in addition to protecting many children brought into the country illegally from deportation, opened the door for some of them to leave the country temporarily. Cindy talks about how she would like to visit her birth place which is Oaxaca. Even though she wants to go to Oaxaca there are some obstacles that might be preventing