Breaking Down Stereotypes

beness a different ethnicity in todays horticulture is often looked down upon; individuals emboss a person for what they rush or who they are. Throughout some(prenominal) A Place to booth and feignt claver Me a Hot Tamale some(prenominal) main characters are sterile because of their race. Not only were some(prenominal) main characters stereotyped because of their race, and also because they are looked at for having less because of their ethnicity. In twain A Place to Stand, by Jimmy Santiago Baca and Dont Call Me a Hot Tamale, by Judith Ortiz Cofer both individuals have to interlocking with being stereotyped because of their ethnicities. \nAs an advance(prenominal) child Baca learned the uncoiled center of stereotype; ripening up with his pay off who urgently strived to live a exsanguinous life. Even as a child Baca had a opus vs. Man conflict with himself because of the counseling he was raised; Bacas grandparents stayed accredited to their heritage, while h is pay back strayed away from her heritage. For example, Bacas mother would try to change Bacas appearance to look manage unobjectionables, Shed point to the white-skinned, white-haired(a) children and say I should be just like them (Baca, 14). Baca knew his mammy dreamed of being white but he did not understand why. In simile Baca always heard his grandparents opinions slightly whites; Ever since I could remember, my grandparents mistrusted whites (Baca, 14). As a result Baca was snap between being pliant to his mother and what she wanted and staying true to his heritage, what his grandparents wanted. Baca learned the true meaning of stereotypes secondhand because of his mother; Cofer had to battle with a very akin(predicate) struggle. \nCofer as a child grew up in a similar battle of stereotypes. Cofer explains in Hot Tamale You can set out the island of Puerto Rico, master the English language, and expire as far as you can go, but if youre a Latina, the island travels with you (Cofer, 1). Still afterwards traveling away from the islan...