Textbook Readings Flashcards
Explain what each story is about and the issues addressed
1
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“Baby Jesus” by Issac Bedonna
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- Hispanic-American family who receives from a miraculous statue of Christ in their home
- Deals with drug-dealing
- Surveillance, poverty, idea of illegals were common themes
2
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“Alchemy of Desire/Dead Man’s Blues” by Cardad Svich
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- Talking about Grammy, maybe a family member lost to addiction
- Learned from grandma
- Talks about how heritage is passed down from one generation to the other
3
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“Boxcar” by Silvia Gonzalez S.
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- Illegal aliens crossing the border to enter the U.S.
- About immigration, racism, interculturalism/different perspectives, and finding your heritage
4
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“Eddie ‘Mundo’ Edmundo” by Lynn Alvarez
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- Arranged marriages - particular to certain cultures
- Machismo = cultural concept that leans towards masculinity
- Confession = Catholicism
- Cultural differences
5
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“Telling Tales” by Migdalia Cruz
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- Monster/creature/invader/alien = outsider/immigration, living outside of home country
- South Bronx and rats
- Generations and future generations and how they will be impacted
6
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“Stop and Think” by Karmyn Lott
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- Person of color talking to two Irish kids, who are confused on why he looks different
- They do not believe that he is from Boston because he does not look like them
- Some similarities between them but are unique in our own ways
- Identity confliction, see yourself as a particular thing but others judge you by a different thing
- Identity = perform what you want
- Intersectionality and racism in the U.S.
7
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“Spirit Awakening” by Akuyoe
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- Childhood and rape during that time and the trauma that added on her even while she was growing up
- Reclaiming her roots and calling for solidarity and saying that women should support women
- Learning a new language and being assimilated into a new culture and forgetting your own roots
- Then she starts embracing her own culture
8
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“Yankee Dawg You Die” by Philip Kan Gotanda
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- Feeling of belonging and feeling like you do not belong in a certain place
- Radio comes on and he feels like he has a purpose and belongs because the singer on the radio has a Japanese last name
9
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“Mijo” by Michael Kearns
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- Talks about a gay man talking to his lover’s mom and convincing her to let him die instead of continue suffering with AIDs
- Speaker understood death was sometimes good when he killed a squirrel
