...Junot Diaz’s “ How to Date a Brown Girl (Black Girl, White Girl, or Halfie)” is revolved around the idea of a young hispanic teenage boy, Yunior, who breaks down ideas in regards to preparing to date. Within this story, Diaz narrates how the Yunior feels the needs to hide aspects of his life from his “dates” depending on their race in order to impress them. Keeping in mind different ethnicities act and respond to situations. Even though many may think Yunior’s actions demonstrates how he may be ashamed, but Yunior hides who he is because he is more afraid of rejection from girls. One of the first things that Yunior hides is the government cheese. “Clear the government cheese from the refrigerator. If the girl's from the Terrace stack the...
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...Junot Diaz’s Drown short stories exemplify the struggles of a Dominican Republic immigrant in the United States to achieve the American Dream, the concept of racism and the idea of hyper masculinity pushed upon a young boy growing up. Moreno, Marisel. Debunking Myths, Destabilizing Identities: A Reading of Junot Diaz’s "How to Date a Browngirl, Blackgirl, Whitegirl, or Halfie." Fall2007, Vol. 26 Issue 2. This article is presented with an essay which analyzes the short story "How to Date a Brown girl, Black girl, White girl, or Halfie," by Junot Diaz. It reflects on racial ethics and how one generation can affect another by embedding in our psyche that racism is the fault of our ancestors; as it is something that has been handed down from generation to generation. I chose this article because the racism that the characters faced within Drown is quite similar to the ones faced by immigrants in the United States. There is a racial and ethnic tension among blacks and Hispanics which in some cases turns violent. Examples of this can be found in the short story that gives the name to the novel: Yunior´s mother relates to him of the attacks of African Americans on Hispanics in their neighborhood. Oulahan, Cain W. “The American dream deferred: family separation and immigrant visa adjudications at U.S. consulates abroad”. Marquette Law Review. Summer2011, Vol. 94 Issue 4, p1351-1379. 29p This article expounds...
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...“How to Date a Brown girl, Black girl, White girl, or Halfie” by Junot Diaz Junot Diaz (born December 31, 1968). He is a Dominican American guy, born in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, Diaz immigrated with his family to New Jersey when he was six years old. He studied Arts degree from Rutgers University. He is the third child of five. Majored in English. His regularly contributed both fiction and nonfiction since 1995. Diaz teaches at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and is the fiction editor of Boston Review. His first story collection, “Drown,” received a praise, and his second story collection, “This Is How You Lose Her,” was a National Book Awarded finalist. Listed top 20 writers in the 21st century. Diaz writes this sorts...
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...causes men to lose respect for them. Women are seen as sexualized beings that cause feelings of fantasy and desire, which is also shown in all aspects of media. For years, women have been trying to escape these secular images, but as long as men have an imagination they will never go away. And although, “How to date a brown girl (black girl, white girl, or halfie)” by Junot Diaz was meant to be a humorous story, it was degrading and demeaning towards women of all races. He proves the point of men only sexualizing women by saying, “A local girl may have hips and a thick ass but she won’t be quick about letting you touch” (3). This sows that most men, not all, only have one motive when they are out seeking women, and that is whether or not she will sleep with him anytime soon. And that when they look for women they are seeking certain body types, facial features, gender, whatever pleases them, they are basically shopping for women. This is also really dangerous because this is what drives predators and rapists to attack the women they do. When they see a woman they like, it seems that they have no control over themselves after that. Diaz’s story proves a great example on how the man sees a woman when it comes to sizing them up. In his story he writes that “If she’s a whitegirl you know you’ll at least get a hand job “(1)....
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