Stereotyping In From Bodega Dreams

In the world today, we as human beings still face numerous forms of stereotypes, but at times it can be unnoticeable. Stereotyping is having the unfair belief that all people belonging to the same community, race or ethnicity are the same. Which is seen as being morally wrong because a person is being judged based on their community (which is being referred to as the individuals ethnicity group), instead of their individuality, knowledge and experience. The short story, “from Bodega Dreams” by Ernesto Quinonez, exemplifies the theme of community and brings forth the challenges of being stereotyped. It tells the story of mid-age Latino children whom faced numerous stereotypical remarks from their English teacher, Mr. Blessington who is white, while attending Julia de Burgos Junior High. …show more content…
Blessington was being bias and he judged the children based on their community (being Latinos) instead of their individuality. In other words, every student is different and exemplifies different characteristics, however because of their culture and ethnicity he automatically poses them to have identical potentials in life. Blessington basically lower the students confidence by making them feel they won’t make it anywhere in life, other than jail or hooking.
In addition, as a teacher, Mr. Blessington needed to be a source of motivation to the children, instead of destructible tearing them down with his negative and stereotypical comments. A prime example of his negativity was when he’ll go to school saying that a man with a suit is a man that is valuable and that a man without a suit has no worth. A suit doesn’t make a man valuable, nor does it define an individual. A person is valuable based on their intelligence, personality and experience, not based on their