Post 7, Expansion Essay Article

Summary
In the article "Goin' Gongsta, Choosin' Cholita" by Nell Bernstein in the Signs of Life in the U.S.A. he talks about how teenagers in a small suburb near Oakland, CA have been racially claiming their identity not their own. Teenagers would rather be more of one race than other. Now and days teens aren't identified by what they were born into, their skin color or where you come from but what they wear, the music they listen to and what type of words they use (p.662). It's hard to fit in and the only way for teens to be liked is to associate with a certain group. Sometimes teens are classified as wannabe's because they claim something they are not or associate with certain people or things that don't fit their race.
Response
I can relate to this topic in a way because of my race. Through out my high school years I was racially stereotyped because I was Hispanic, I wasn't able to wear red or blue without being considered being gang related. My principal straight up told me that I shouldn't wear red for a couple weeks because he didn't want me to be labeled as a "gangster". I was never revolved around that type of crowd and it irritated me so much! It sucks that some people have to choose who they are at such a young age, it shouldn't be like that. I've grown up around so many people claiming something they are not. I mean if I seen a white boy trying to be a gangster I wouldn't take him seriously. I guess everyone stereotypes in some way or another.

Post 6, Proposal

The mini-essay I have selected to expand is mini-essay four. Mini-essay four was an analysis on racial stereotyping in the movie Freedom Writers with the help of the article "Goin' Gangsta, Choosin' Cholita" to give evidence. I chose this essay to expand because we got to choose what to write about, which makes it a lot more easier because it's on a topic we are interested on. I believe this essay will also be good to expand because it's on racial stereotyping and I expand to not just racial, but other stereotypes too. I will be expanding this essay by comparing and contrasting the different stereotypes there is on race. I chose to compare and contrast Freedom Writers with White Chicks because in Freedom Writers it's about how each race identifies themselves and in White Chicks it's about one race and how they present themselves on looks and how they act.
Key Terms

• White stereotypes
• Typical white people
• White Chicks stereotypes
• Movie stereotypes in White Chicks
• Funny white stereotypes