Blaxicans – Flashcard
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Richard Rodriquez
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the son of Mexican immigrants—known for opposing bilingual education and affirmative action programs, because he believes that equating race with disadvantage leaves out those who are truly disadvantaged—believes assimilation means that while America is made up of people from many different races, ethnicities, and cultures, they are all being mixed together into one American people.
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Argument
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speech or writing that expresses a position on an issue or problem and supports it with reasons and evidence. An argument often takes into account other points of view, anticipating and answering objections that opponents of the position might raise.
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Claim
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position on the issue
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Verbal irony
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saying one thing while meaning another; often used to discredit a position or point of view by exaggerating it
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Anecdote
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brief stories that illustrate a point
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Tone
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the writer's attitude toward the topic
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Rodriguez's intended meaning of undoing in the sentence
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"Immigrants seem to be bent on undoing America" (line 3) most closely means that immigrants are changing America.
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The Mexican model that Rodriguez
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proposes America should begin to imagine is mixed races.
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In lines 79-81, Rodriguez says that
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"'Hispanic' is . . . a definition of the world according to European patterns of colonization." Based on this definition, Hispanic refers to people who identify with Spanish culture.
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When Rodriguez says "ASSIMILATION HAPPENS" in line 144,
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he means that immigrants absorb the culture around them.
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Through the anecdote of the girl who identifies herself as "Blaxican
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Rodriguez makes the point that young people think beyond traditional concepts of race.
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Essay--Rodriguez argues that American citizens are often focused on how recent immigrants are different from them and how they might bring unwanted change
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). Over "a generation or two," these immigrants no longer seem threatening because they have assimilated and represent the "American mythology" of the hardworking immigrant who comes to the United States seeking freedom
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Essay--People no longer identify themselves by the color of their skin or their racial ancestry but by
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things associated with the way they live. Students may cite these examples of cultural characteristics: "language or fashion or cuisine.
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Culled
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to take from a large quantity; selected from a group
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Factors
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components or characteristics
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Predominant
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most important or prevalent
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Denoting
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to name or give meaning to
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Circumvented
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bypassed or went around
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Ascendancy
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a rise in power or influence
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Circum
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Latin prefix which means around or about
