I thought the rest of the assigned readings were all pretty similar to one another. Obviously each story is based on being an American or some aspects of American history, such as Martin Luther’s “Letter from a Birmingham Jail”. They all talk about what has already been done or what needs to be done. Majority discusses the topics of racism, discrimination, immigration, segregation, etc. In “On Being a Mexican American” the narrator talks about how he first experienced racial discrimination and how that changed his life. Mendoza had started off as a very cultural young boy. He was speaking Spanish, eating Mexican foods, being surrounded by his culture nearly every day. A wake up call had signaled in during his time in Junior High. That’s when he experienced true segregation. The Mexicans and white people were divided by a “line”. The Mexicans had played one side of the playground and the white people on the other. As he grew older he had become Americanized. He lost his Mexican heritage. In my opinion, one can only choose on cultural path in life. “One Being an American Journalist” had also garnered my attention. The American journalists only want to do their jobs. They want facts not fiction or propaganda for the public. No, they want their American public to know the truth on what’s happening in foreign countries. But countries such as Cambodia and Afghanistan think the opposite. As if the journalists are working for the government. This assumption leads to innocent lives in danger.
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