Summary Of The Beautiful Struggle

The Beautiful Struggle, a memoir, explores the life of an African American living in west Baltimore, an area known for its poverty and crime. Ta-Nehisi Coates, the author, illustrates the struggle black people encounter regarding racism and living in a world dominated by white people. The Beautiful Struggle raises questions regarding inclusion and diversity of different ethnicities and cultures while also exposing us to a life that we are not familiar with. To many people, familiarity brings comfort and isolation brings fear. Therefore, we should carefully consider the question of how far do we have to go achieve social justice and equal protection. In order to answer this question, I decided to conduct an interview with someone of a different ethnicity than my own, caucasian. I interviewed a girl called Star Lee in Asian Pacific Student Programs …show more content…
There are a lot of black people, white people, asians, and latinos. For her, it was hard to live in such a divergent area but, at the same time, she felt privileged to live among different kinds of people. However, when a person has different cultures surrounding them, sometimes they do not associate well. People try to stay within people of their own race since that what brings them the most comfort. According to Star, there is a lot of anti-blackness and black stereotypes embodied within the Asian community. This brings a racial division among people. Therefore, sometimes it becomes hard for people within the community to make connections with people from of other races. All ethnicities have stereotypes about each other which leads to some divisions among them. For Asians, it became difficult to tackle the anti-blackness within the Asian community. Slowly they are getting better at it. Nevertheless, there is some part of that stereotype still alive in some