Summary of Shema Kahn’s “I Was a Teenage Hijabi Hockey Player”
In her expository essay “I Was a Teenage Hijabi Hockey Player ” Shema Khan uses a sense of humor to defend some of the biased assumptions people make that are associated with her religion. She starts the essay off by telling her co-workers she used to play hockey and could not help but notice their disbelief. It hit her shortly after that because she is a Muslim woman, she is not expected to be interested in sports. Khan goes on to discuss her passion for hockey by making it clear that she is a Montreal Canadians fan, and she displays her knowledge about the sport by listing famous hockey players and statistics as any typical hockey fan would. Finally, Kahn talks about how she
In her expository essay “I Was a Teenage Hijabi Hockey Player ” Shema Khan uses a sense of humor to defend some of the biased assumptions people make that are associated with her religion. She starts the essay off by telling her co-workers she used to play hockey and could not help but notice their disbelief. It hit her shortly after that because she is a Muslim woman, she is not expected to be interested in sports. Khan goes on to discuss her passion for hockey by making it clear that she is a Montreal Canadians fan, and she displays her knowledge about the sport by listing famous hockey players and statistics as any typical hockey fan would. Finally, Kahn talks about how she