American children are taught throughout their school years that the United States is a melting pot. The United States has residents from every country in the world. People are classified as Black, White, Asian, Hispanic and many other things whether it is politically correct or not. The many intersectionality’s or “hats” that people could have acquired through their lifetime are shown through Jeannine Capó Crucet’s essay “Taking My Parents to College”, Amy Tans “Mother Tongue”, and Sherman Alexie’s “Superman and Me.”
Jeannine Capó Crucet is a first generation college student who was born in the US, to her Cuban born parents. She was born and raised in Miami, Florida in a low income family. (Crucet 1) These are all intersectionality’s that she sheds light on her essay “Taking My Parents to College”. Crucet has quite a few culture shocks when she starts her freshman year of college at Cornell University. She finds that she was raised differently than the other students. Other students were eager to say goodbye to their parents during the first week while she was hesitant to let them go. (Crucet 1) Jeannine finds herself without the …show more content…
Alexie elaborates on his intersectionalites in his article “Superman and Me”. He explains how his different “hats” caused some difficulties in his life. He lectures on how “Indian children who were expected to be stupid”. (Alexie 111) He then expresses his personal feelings “I refuse to fail. I was smart. I was arrogant. I was lucky.” (Alexie 111) Sherman Alexie refused to conform to his cultures social expectations. He used it to fuel his path of success. He overcame the social expectations by becoming a Native American activist for rights and culture, graduating from Washington State University, and published eighteen books. Sherman also went on to write a screenplay for a movie that was based off of one of his stories in “Smoke