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The reason why Mendoza states that she did not act like or look like everyone else is because he was was a product of a Mexican man and a Caucasian woman. The texts states on paragraph 2 that "she was being teased and tormented". She was being bullied because she looks different from her classmates . This also show that her community doesn't accept her as a person . The text also "My hair and eyes , instead of being blonde and blue like all my Czech classmates ; were chocolate and expresso". this evidence shows how different she is from her classmates and why they won't accept her. This is why Mendoza states  that she don't look or act like everyone else

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Mendoza state that she did not look or act like everyone else is because she does have the same hair or eyes as everyone else and she isn't the same race as them. A piece of evidence that supports this is, "My hair and eyes, instead of being blond and blue like all of my Czech classmates; were chocolate and espresso." This compares Mendoza's hair and eyes to others hair and eyes. Another piece of evidence is "My last name had a "z" in it, and my grandmother called me "mija." This is explaining that Mendoza wasn't like her classmates and she was more on the Mexican side of her family.

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In paragraph 1, Christina Mendoza states that she did not look like everyone else in her community. The reason for this is because her ethnicity was a mixture of white and Mexican and she lived in a "conservative community where people don't like change. For examples in the text it states "My hair and eyes, instead of being blond and blue like all of my Czech classmates', were chocolate and espresso." This shows that she looked different but lived in a place where everyone else looks the same and does not like change.   Another piece of evidence is in paragraph  2 when it states, "But it was hard for her to empathize with me because neither she nor my father knew how I felt. She was a Caucasian who grew up in California; he was a Mexican American who grew up as the majority in San Antonio. I was  a product of the two-the "half breed" daughter who was raised in a small town of Seymore, population 2,800." This explains that she feels that neither of her parents will understand how she feels, and that she doesn't like or accept her ethnicity because she is insecure and uses a negative conjugation to describe herself. This is why in paragraph one, Mendoza states she did not look or act like everyone else in her community.

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In the article "I couldn't imagine wanting to dye my hair black" Christiana Mendoza states " She states that she does not act or look like everyone else because she is an half-breed." Which means if she doesn't act like everyone else she can get shoved into an category which doesn't fit her.
In Addition, Christiana Mendoza states " If you don't act the same or look like everyone else it is easy to be shoved into a category." This means that if she doesn't act like everyone else she can be moved (shoved) into a category that doesn't fit her. They can stereotype her just because she isn't like the others (Caucasians). Another reason she isn't like everyone else is because she states "My hair and eyes, instead of being blond and blue like all my Czech classmates, it was chocolate and espresso." This means that since she didn't have the same skin tone or eye color or the same ethnicity she was different than everyone else around her.

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Christina Mendoza states that she does not look or act like everyone else. Mendoza states this because of her insecurity of living in a conservative community and her appearance. Her classmates have blonde and blue eyes while Mendoza has brown hair and brown eyes. The text found in Paragraph 1 states, "My hair and eyes, instead of being blond and blue like all of my Czech classmates', were chocolate and expresso." Her mom is Caucasian and her dad is Mexican. She feels that her mother can't understand her struggle because she fit in. Her father was well respected in the community because he is the only doctor in a short radius that can speak Spanish. Her siblings also didn't have trouble fitting in because they were both well respected for their looks and they looked like they belong in Seymour. The text also states in Paragraph 3," I felt like I was stuck somewhere in the middle of my siblings, stuck in the middle of two cultures, and not accepted by either". She was insecure with everyone around her because she didn't fit in. Mendoza feels that she doesn't look or act like everyone else because she is different.

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Mendoza states that she did not look or act like anyone else in her community. She feels this because she is from a different culture which makes her "look weird" to others and causes her to feel insecure and to get teased. Mendoza feels this way because, everyone had blue hair and green eyes while, Mendoza had brown hair and eyes. She also had a "z" in her last name which made other kids make fun of her. Another reason is because her grandmother called her "Mija" which wasn't normal for them either. Next, Because everyone else in her family "fit in"
while she did not.For example Mendoza states, "My sister is a beauty queen or our town- her sleek glossy hair and her olive complexion were the envy of every girl" Which shows how her sister fits in more then Mendoza like the rest of her family. And lastly, because of her ethnicity. Mandozen was what she called herself a "half-breed". She is mixed between her Caucasian mother who grew up in California and, her Mexican-American father who grew up in San Antonio. Not anyone else was like that so, mendoza felt very different from the others. So, this is why Mendoza felt like she acted and looked different from everyone else.

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Mendoza stated that she did not look like everyone else to give us the idea that she had a hard time living in her community. Mendoza feels this way because if you look at the complexion or look of most of the people in Czech,  most of them have blue eyes, blonde hair, and white skin. And since she is a mix of white/Mexican, she will not have the same exact complexion as the people in her Czech community. For example, in paragraph 1 it states, "My hair and eyes, instead of being blond and blue like all of my Czech classmates, were chocolate and espresso".  Paragraph 1 also states, "By the time I was in grade school, the teasing began, and I was hurt and confused. Didn't all grandmothers call their grandchildren "mija"? Why did everyone except me have blue eyes?" This shows us that she felt insecure and confused, seeing that everyone else there looked the same, talked the same, and acted the same while she looked differently, talked differently, and acted differently compared to everybody else.

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In paragraph 1, the reason why Mendoza states that she does not

look or act like anyone else in her community because her mom was czech and her dad was mexican which made here "half breed. She also states that her dad was a doctor which she claims that that's the reason that he fits in the community. This also means that she was very insecure about herself. Moreover, in paragraph 1, she describes herself as" chocolate and espresso eyes. She describes herself as that because she was the only one who had brown eyes, and the other people in her community had blue eyes and blond hair. This is the reason why she claimed that she does not look or act like anyone in her community.

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In paragraph 1 Mendoza stated "she didn't look or act like everyone else' in her community" I know this because She has chocolate hair and expresso eyes while everyone else has blonde hair and blue eyes. In paragraph 2  it states that "She was a caucasian who grew up in California; he was a Mexican American who grew up as a majority in San Antonio. I was a product of the two making me the 🤬". This means that she was the mixture of mexican and white so she did not fit in with the other people in school. Also,  It in paragraph 3 it says   My family  did not have trouble fitting in my father as a well respected doctor, My sister was a beauty queen of our town her sleek glossy hair and olive complexion were every girl was envy and her brother had recessive genes making him look like everyone else. This means that Mendoza was very insecure about herself because her sister had olive skin so she was not white every girl was envy of her. In conclusion this is why Mendoza stated why she didn't look or act like everyone else in Czech.

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Christina Mendoza states she did not look or act like everyone in her community because she was bi-racial . In the text it states that "she is mixed with Caucasian and Mexican". so she had brown hair and brown eyes but in her community the people have blond hair and blue eyes and she lived in a conservative community so others bullied her for being different and her parents were not able to empathize with her because her mother was a Caucasian women with blond hair and blue eyes so she fit into the community easily and her father was a well respected and only doctor in a fifty mile radius.

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In paragraph one, Mendoza is insecure about being different from her town and is mistreated for it. She says this because the places values are different compared to her and the people aren't used to seeing a change in skin color on the people because that's not usual for the place which makes it a big deal for them. As stated in the story "Growing up in a small, conservative community, its easy to be shoved into your own category" this backs up the claim because it shows how because the people are all Caucasian, they aren't used to mixed people and because they are conservative, they aren't lookin for change at all. I also think she says this because there is a big percentage of people that are white with blonde hair and blue eyes and less that are like her, a mix of Mexican and Czech. In the story, it states "My hair and eyes, instead of being blond and blue like all if my Czech classmates were chocolate and espresso" this states that her hair and eyes are different compared to her population and the area. Because of the people not accepting the change, she grew an insecurity to her appearance because of the way everyone treated her and treated the change. This is why Mendoza treated differently for her looks and why she is insecure about being different from her town.

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Mendoza states that she did not look or act like anyone in her community due to her physical attributes{hair, complexion, etc. According to paragraph 1, it says "My hair and eyes instead of being blond and blue were Chocolate and espresso". This piece of evidence shows that Mendoza was not like everyone since she was mixed and of a different eye/hair color. The Norm was to be white with blue eyes.

Furthermore, paragraph 1 says " Why did everyone except me have blue eyes?". This piece of evidence also shows that Mendoza is insecure and low about herself because she does not fit in/feel the same as everyone. Mendoza's features is what mainly caused her insecurities. Hence, Mendoza was teased.

All in All, Mendoza states she doesn't look like anyone in the community due to her insecurities and differences in looks.

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In paragraph one Mendoza state that she did not "look of act like everyone else" in her community because she grew up in a small conservative community. In the text it states that " My hair and eyes, instead of being blond and blue like all of czech classmates; were chocolate and espresso". In the text it also state that " didn't all grandmothers call their grandchildren "mija"? why did everyone expect me have blue eyes?" both of those evidence shows that since she's grew up in a small community where people look like her  she didn't expect people to look different from her.

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In paragraph one Mendoza state that she did not "look of act like everyone else" in her community because she grew up in a small conservative community. In the text it states that " My hair and eyes, instead of being blond and blue like all of czech classmates; were chocolate and espresso". In the text it also state that " didn't all grandmothers call their grandchildren "mija"? why did everyone expect me have blue eyes?" both of those evidence shows that since she's grew up in a small community where people look like her  she didn't expect people to look different from her.

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In Paragraph 1, Mendoza says she did not look or act like everyone else in her community because she had a different ethnicity / culture as everyone else. In Paragraph 2 it states " My hair and eyes instead of being blonde and blue like all of my Czech classmates; were chocolate and expresso." This Shows that Mendoza feels like she doesn't fit in because she looks different from all the other people in her community. Mendoza Was a product of a Caucasian mother and a Mexican father. Mendoza felt her parents didn't understand feeling left out because her mother was Czech and her father was a well respected doctor. In paragraph 1 it states "my grandma called me mija. By the time I was in grade school, the teasing began, and I was hurt and confused. Didn't all grandmothers call their grandchildren mija?" This shows that Mendoza felt insecure about her culture because her classmates made fun of her.  So therefore Mendoza felt she didn't look or act like everyone else in her community.

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In paragraph 1 Mendoza states "she doesn't look or act like everyone else" in her community because she physically doesn't look like the people where she's lives with the blue, eyes, blonde hair but she has dark hair and dark eyes like chocolate and espresso. Also she has a z in her last name and her grandmother calls her mija which means "my girl" in spanish, and she is mexican and the people where she is lives is white so others wouldn't call their children mija, this is why she says she is different from everyone else.

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In paragraph 1 the reason Mendoza stated she did not look or act like everyone else in her community was because she did not have blonde hair or blue eyes like her classmates. Also she had a z in her last name, her grandmother calls her "mija" and is insecure about herself. One detail it states in the text to support the answer is " My hair and eyes, instead of being blond and blue like all of my Czech classmates', were chocolate and expresso.  My last name had a "z" in it, and my grandmother called me "mija"." This shows that Mendoza had different colored hair and eyes unlike her classmates who had blond hair and blues eyes and that she had a "z" in her last name, and that her grandmother called her "mija" which means my daughter or my girl in spanish. Another detail it states in the text to support my answer is "By the time I was in grade school, the teasing began, and I was hurt and confused. Didn't all grandmothers call their grandchildren "mija"? Why did everyone except me have blue eyes?" This shows that everyone's grandmother doesn't call them "mija" and that Mendoza is insecure because she wants to have blue eyes like everyone in her classroom so she won't be teased about it. Overall, Mendoza states that she did not look or act like everyone else in her community because she did not have blond hair and blue eyes, had a z in her last name, her grandmother calls her "mija" and is insecure about herself.

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Christina Mendoza states she does not look like people in her community  because she wants readers to understand her main idea throughout the text about her being insecure of her ethnicity and why she feels that way. She is surrounded by people who look completely different from her. For example, in paragraph two it states that she was bullied because of how different she was from others, “After an afternoon of teasing and tormenting from my classmates, I asked these questions to my mother, between sobs.” She cried to her mother because she was getting teased by people because she was different, and this feeds into her insecurity of how she looks and where she is from. Another example is again in paragraph two, she called herself a “half-breed”, Christina called herself a offensive term because she was insecure of her ethnicity, “I was the product of the two- the “half-breed” daughter who raised in the small town of Seymour, population 2,800.” . This shows that Christina Mendoza states that she was different from others because that supports her main idea of her being insecure of herself because of her difference from others in her community.

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In paragraph 1, Mendoza states that she did not look or act like everybody else in her community because she had a different ethnic background, she also did not have blonde hair and blue eyes. According to paragraph 1, Mendoza states  "My last name had a "z" in it and my grandma called me "mija" (Mija is my daughter in spanish). This shows how her Hispanic background made Mendoza different from everybody else. In paragraph 1 she also states "My hair and eyes instead of being blue like all my Czech classmates were chocolate and espresso". This shows how Mendoza felt that she looked different than everybody else because of her dark features which were also inherited from her Hispanic background.

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Mendoza states that she did not look or act like everyone else in her community because of the way she viewed herself. According to the text, Mendoza states "My hair and eyes, instead of being blond and blue like all of my Czech classmates; were chocolate and espresso". This piece of evidence shows that when Mendoza was young, she thought that she didn't fit in with the school children because of her appearance. Additionally, Mendoza states "Why did everyone expect me have blue eyes"? This piece of evidence shows that Mendoza is insecure about her eye color and questions why she is different from the other children at her school. To conclude, Mendoza believed that she did not act or have the looks of others in her community because of how she viewed her appearance.

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Mendoza states that she does not "look or act like everyone else" because she is Hispanic and raised with different beliefs. In paragraph 1 she describes herself as "My hair and eyes...were chocolate and espresso". Everyone else in her community were Caucasian with blond hair and blue eyes, so Mendoza feels left out because of her appearance. Also Mendoza states "My last name had a 'z' ...and my grandmother called me 'mija'". "Mija" is a Spanish term for my daughter/my girl but in a white community noone calles their granddaughters "mija". So that's why Mendoza felt like she didn't look or act like everyone else in her small town.

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In paragraph 1, Mendoza states that she did not look or act like everyone else in her community because she was insecure and didn't fit in. She didn't fit in because she was mixed while everyone was blonde and had blue eyes. For example, in paragraph 1, it states,  "My hair and eyes, instead of being blonde and blue like all of my Czech classmates', were chocolate and espresso." This shows that she did not look like everyone else, she was different by having brown hair and brown eyes, she didn't fit in.  Another example from paragraph 1 is, "My last name had a "z" in it, and my grandmother called me "mija." This explains that her last name wasn't like everyone else and her grandmother called her "mija" which she though was normal but it wasn't. It meant daughter in spanish which became an insecurity for her. This shows why Mendoza didn't act or look like everyone else because she was insecure and didn't fit in with everyone else there.