The names "Nigger" and "Chinch"are just a couple of racial insults people prefer to use when refering to others. I do not like to hear or use any of these words. However, as explained in the reading, these racial expressions will forever be used in society, as well as names like spic, beener, cracker, wetback, and hick. There are so many hurtful names expressed towards people. Just like in the reading, she expresses her sorrow and her feelings when she was called "Nigger" throughout her childhood.
I wish these insults would be erased from every persons vocabulary and replaced with words of encoragement but we do not live in a world that revolves that way. So I accept the words, I just do not accept the meaning behind them. I also do not accept the stereotypes that are based of these racial terms.
Stereotypes are harmful and create discriminative judgement on different races and ethnicities. There are so many stereotypes. It is ridiculous. And to think, many people actually by into them. I admit, I have believed some stereotypes in the past but now the "stereotypes" that I agree with aren't completely false. What I believe now is only because a majority of the people actually pertain to those statement.
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Indian Removal Act
Natives were removed from their beloved homes and placed in "Indian Territory".
The Assimilated American Family
After assimilation, natives lived in boarding schools and usually dressed in this type of attire.
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