Stereotypes In The House On Mango Street

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The House of on Mango Street is a story told from the perspective of a Latina teenager, Esperanza Cordero, and the way her life was wrought due to various social factors. Each vignette used by the author portrays a different situation which impacted Esperanza’s life. Although the book is relatively short, it explores the intersectionality of the young poor Latina’s life.
The quote “Which is supposed to be bad luck if you are born female, but I think this is a Chinese lie, because the Chinese, like the Mexicans, don’t like their women strong,” can be connected to ethnicity. As a young Latina girl, Esperanza often witnesses many of the effects that due to the traditions of her ethnicity, which places women beneath men. She sees how some of her
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“A little farther away every time people like us keep moving,” The culture in which families often move out of neighborhoods when they feel like a threatening group of people is moving in. There are certain stereotypes which are often placed on groups of people that often make others fear. These stereotypes also play into the idea of race. The quote also communicates how there is less of focus on creating relationships with those around you and rather a drive to form a separated society in which individuals really don't know their neighbors and are more focused on their own goals rather than the ones of the …show more content…
In many television programs and movies, the Hispanic women are shown as sassy women. These ideas are often adopted into the popular culture which creates a bad stereotype for the Latina women. The stereotypes are often an issue for the women in the Hispanic culture because they either become the standard, which you base yourself as an individual or the norm others compare you too. The identity of a Latina can be restricted by these stereotypes. A Hispanic woman is placed in this box and the only thing she is valued for being this trait while all other traits are