There are works by Native Americans, African Americans, Mexican Americans, Asian Americans, and so on. ... Carver's stories focus on ordinary lower-class people who aren't particularly smart or particularly successful as described again in Cathedral, "I'd wished she'd come back down stairs [my wife], I didn't want to be left alone with a blind man."" ... "I did something I never had done before: hugged Maggie to me, then dragged her into the room, snatched the quilts out of Miss Wangero's hands and dumped them into Maggie's lap."" ...

• Word Count: 905
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

European Americans even drove Mexicans further and further south, all of this until we have the corners of what we call the United States today. ... He wanted European immigrants to assimilated into American citizens as soon as possible – but what exactly does that mean? In my previous paper, I mentioned how white Americans have this fascination with simultaneously breaking away from English monarchy while still have an unconscious obsession with it (the imperial use of measurements instead of the metric system, yet we still followed similar education, etiquette, and money rituals that ...

• Word Count: 1871
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Black males are pulled over often, along with Mexicans and minorities alike, by law enforcement for simply being a person of color. ... I too understand that now. ... Personally, I was a victim in the cycle because I experienced ignorance which is one of the four components that make up the core of the cycle. ... I guess, in a sense, I viewed the world in a very idealistic manner that didn't fully acknowledge how bad race relations are in our nation. ... I became aware of how many people around me are racist when I left high school and came to college. ...

• Word Count: 2862
• Approx Pages: 11
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

By casting a negative light towards Arabs, Africans, Mexicans, Asians or any other races, the justice system clearly demonstrates a great deal of ignorance and disrespect for that individual; just because someone is a member of a certain race does not mean that he or she represents the negative insinuations associated with that race. ... The jurors didn't care about the boy's age and his family - most of them only wanted him to be sent to the electric chair because he was a foreigner who also lives in one of the worst parts of town. ... "I shut my eyes. ... " I peeked at Je...

• Word Count: 3114
• Approx Pages: 12
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate