In the excerpt of "Arias " by Richard Rodriguez, he describes his childhood struggles of learning English as a second language once him, his parents, and sibling moved to Sacramento, California. Rodriquez, now educated, an adult, and well literate in English describes his shame of his childhood fear of English. ... I do not know what it is like to submerse in a culture of people who speak a totally different language. ... Richard describes that English sounded "harsh " to him and unpleasant. ... Even though Rodriguez admits one does lose "private " individuality by being submerged in public c...

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Ethnocentrism is the act of judging another group based solely on his or her culture, morals, values, and beliefs. ... In Richard Rodriguez's essay "The Fear of Losing a Culture" he recognizes a very interesting fact. ... In today's society, the Amish culture is considered to be outdated and simply a waste of time. ... Another reason that people today find the Amish culture to be odd is because of the way they dress. ... All in all, the Amish culture is clearly very different from ours. ...

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