This is my extra credito blog seven folks. Mainly throughout the reading now I have been focusing on social justice and injustice, pertaining two finding my quotes. So here they are.
“She looked at these Laguna guys. They had been treated first class once, with their uniforms. As long as there had been war and the white people were afraid of the Japs and Hitler. But these Indians got fooled when they thought it would last. She was tired of pretending with them, tired of making believe it had lasted.” (pg. 165)
I found this quote very interesting, they were both using and being used by the war. So I geuss in the end it was equal for them. I picked this quote since they took advantage of their status and used it for bad. Showing social injustice.
“The day I was born they saw the color of my eyes, and looked at me, and the catholic priest said, let her die. They blamed the root women for this birth and they told her to leave the village before dark. She waited until they had gone, and she went to the old trash pile in the arroyo where they left me.” (pg. 151)
Racism is portrayed through this quote, they judged her because of her eyes, setting her aside in a dumpster to die. Not even giving her the chance to grow up and prove herself. Racism is one social injustice factor that compliments the definition and description of social justice.
This section of the book was fairly simply why does Tayo decide though to leave Harley again?
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Devin,
ReplyDeleteThanks for your post.
Could you expand more on your idea about social injustice and racism? What do you mean exactly?
Ms. Champagne
Extra credit...the quote about the Mexican eyes is the child of Dasheeny, Betonie's mother, right?
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