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It was so relate-able for me, because I am a Puerto Rican woman. Growing up I had to dress certain clothes to adjust to the different occasions, I often get catcalled by men and they thought I was asking for it when I wasn't.

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It was so relate-able for me, because I am a Puerto Rican woman. Growing up I had to dress certain clothes to adjust to the different occasions, I often get catcalled by men and they thought I was asking for it when I wasn't.

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Those four stories were focused on the speaker and their journeys in the era where racism, sexism, and language conflict. Those stories mostly focused on the identifies of the speakers.

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Those four stories were focused on the speaker and their journeys in the era where racism, sexism, and language conflict. Those stories mostly focused on the identifies of the speakers.

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Cofer's experience shows us that she wants to bring to the world that people shouldn't see her based on her skin color, her culture, the way she dresses, etc. People should see her as a person with unique qualities.

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All four stories have the struggle of identity in common. All four authors have their own identity that they want to bring upon the world and it's a struggle because people look down upon them and oppress them when all they want is to take pride in who they are and thrive.

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That's why (straight men obviously) should dress the way they want, be who they want to be, and take pride in who they are.

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It was also relatable for me, a Mexican woman. One of the earliest memory I had was at my old elementary school in Toronto. The children from that school never met a Mexican. Once they found out me as having first generation immigrant parents, they quickly labelled me as the true Mexican and called me Juana. Making the situation more worse, I also spoke Spanish. I completely understood how Cofer truly felt about the stereotype of Latinas.

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Judith Ortiz Cofer illustrates several hardships she suffered due to the universal, misleading stereotypes propagated by the media. Cofer demonstrates various stereotypes that Latin women are subjected to, such as an experience in which she was regarded as a waitress at a California restaurant, and “the Hispanic woman as the ‘Hot Tamale.' At the end of the article, Cofer concludes that she hopes to change the stereotype everyone had about the Latinas.

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I find this story fascinating to read because of my learning of Mexican culture and their clothes that draw more attention than wanted. This challenge, that Maria have to face, dont face any challenges for me, a white male. I find that difference between me and the protagonist fascinating and that show the fact that we don’t judge people based on their culture or appearance first before the actual person.

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As a white male here whom is completely opposite from Cofer who is a Mexican woman with strong roots with her culture, I noticed that I gained an insight on the culture significance for many people who love and have their own experiences with the culture. This made me realize that white people don’t really have its own culture. Our cultures is often based on food regions such as southern and their Cajun food, northeast and their seafood. Places like those establish our own food culture but nothing related to our own clothes or anything else.

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I relate to most of her experiences since I am half Mexican. Coker's story is one of my favorites and it makes me think of my mother going through her struggles growing up. People shouldn't be quick to judge based on appearances and should be more understanding and aware of other people's cultures.

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She struggles as a Latina and as a woman. It speaks of her culture and feel like it's no use to show off their identity and culture. It almost feels like it was not allowed to show who we really are.

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Cofer’s story makes me realized that my influences growing up about other races are wrong. When I watched cartoons, it insulted races without me knowing it. I only thought they were insulting the person not making a bias against a specific race. For example, West Side Story, it is a movie that has Hispanic influences but when I meet Mexican people, they are different from the movie, so this story helped open my eyes.

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All four stories show that people don’t realize or think about their action before they do something. Another thing could be is that they grew up different and had a bias against all people who had the same skin. As a white male, I understand that I have to be careful with what I say or do around others. This showed me exactly what not to do and made me thought of what I should do if I was ever in that situation.

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Cofer’s responses were adequate but it didn’t really help the situation, Cofer’s could have done it a different way but she didn’t which I have to applaud her because others could have simply started a fight or just rudely comment something. She handled many of those situation beautifully but I wished that those who were incorrect had learn on what to say and do rather than to insult someone by using a bias made by society.