In our recent readings, we have been reading about minority groups within the United States of America. These groups often described racism that occurs in their everyday life that many, white and those of color, are blind to. In Yellow, written by Frank Wu, he provides an analogy of motorcyclists and bicyclists who ride regularly on city streets. In this he says that the bicyclist or motorcyclist will make eye contact with a driver and then be cut-off as if the driver never even saw them. In the same sense, a white person will often times cut him in line as if they were given VIP treatment. While he recognizes that at times both instances can occur completely on accident, he also notes that they happen so frequently that is it fair to assume…show more content… As a young teen, her friends and family and the media constantly pressured her to get creases in her eyelids. When she was younger, she completely considered it, as she thought it would make her look prettier. Based on topics discussed in class, this pressure was aiming to Americanize Chung to fit into our vision of standard beauty. Ironically, through the years Chung describes the racist comments and pressure as eye opening. Her experiences have allowed for her to see that the definition of beauty is much more complex than she once thought. She now defines it as one that embraces differences and includes every girl, even if she is a Korean American with no eyelid…show more content… Due to this, many believe that our country is a class-less society. To dispute this, he uses facts, myths and percentages to prove that America is in fact a class society. More so, he shows concrete examples of what actually keeps most people down, what holds them back from realizing their potential as a health; class domination. Mantsios, proves that people do not choose to be poor or working class. Unfortunately, they are limited and confined by the opportunities afforded or denied to them by a social and economic system. Mantsios allows for his readers to see that our society is more and more defined by socioeconomic status differences than we would like to believe. The opportunity for success and life is highly dependent on not only race and gender, but also the class in which we are born into. Lastly, Mantsios states that in order to rebalance the society, we must radically redistribute wealth and power in order to narrow gaps of income, wealth and
