PWA Prompt

Oscar Cervantes

    5-21-11

PWA Prompt

   Change is possible

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Have you ever felt bad about your race or the way you look? Has anyone judge you by the saying really racist comments or seen anyone who has? In this response to literature writing I will be talking about Dana in the book,“Kindred” The theme I will write about is, To not feel bad about yourself or family, you are who you are and no one can change that !” Dana is the main character in the book and she has some kind of power that takes her back in time and all of those times she saves a white slave owner but at the end she kills him to help slaves be free and do something with their lives.

In the book,“ Kindred,” there are many examples when the slaves or their masters put each other or someone down. For example,“He don’t want no niggers round here talking better than him, putting freedom ideas in our heads,” this shows that slaves or people being oppressed don’t believe in themselves so that makes them take action to something they don’t want to do for example kill a white person because they feel life doesn’t matter no more, just because of all the prescriptions and stereotypes they hear around them and they believe it because their minds are weak and believe many things. Anyone has the power to transform that oppression.

One connection I have about my race and the way someone looks is when my friends mom was token from her home and ICE Police tried to deport her back to where she was born ( El Salvador). This shows how many people hate one race so they try to get them and make them feel bad. This reminds me of Kindred because the white people thought they were superior to the black people which is not true ! Everyone was created equal and no race is better than another race. Many people try to stop this oppression, it only takes one person to change it. Si Se Puede!

Another example from the book is when Rufus tells Dana this,“You Threaten me, Ill Threaten you. Without me, you’ll never find Kevin!” This shows that people with more power over other peoples sometimes threaten them for example. Sometimes rich owners see that workers need money and can’t really find jobs so they hire them and take advantage of them and not pay them what they deserve. This reminds me of Kindred because Rufus knew he had more power over anyone so he took advantage of all his slaves because he controls them and does whatever he wants showing no respect.

In conclusion my point of this writing is to show people that everyone is the same and there is no point of racism. Believe in who you are and don’t let anyone change that. Be whatever you want to be and be happy for your race and your freedom because thanks to our ancestors we are all free !