After hearing about our second paper, I had a mixed feelings. I was a bit anxious, intimidated, and excited all at once. Our teacher had asked to pick a topic to write about and to think about the various types perspectives on that particular topic. As I contemplate, I thought about writing about race --- not race in terms of black people vs. white people, but race vs. ethnicity. I am still a bit confused and I am not sure how to start the paper or what perspectives to focus on as my mind is jumbled.
The one I approach I would like to experiment with is how people define themselves, especially black people. Do we define ourselves by race or by ethnicity? Either way, what is the difference between the two terms. I want to draw in from my own personal experience. I was born in the West African country of Cameroon and I grew up in the U.S. From the time that I was young, I have always been taught to never forget my cultural roots or our family traditions. Additionally, my parents taught me that while Africans and African-Americans share the same skin color, we are different culturally. Based on that, I have formed biases against African-Americans --- many of them unfavorable.
I would also like to talk about Latinos and how the term is ambiguous. I would like to explain how Latinos come in all shades of the rainbow and narrow it down to Afro-Latinos. I would discuss my personal experience with Afro-Latinos and how they view race vs. ethnicity.
There are so many different angles I would like to write on when it comes to this paper, but the one big fear I hold is the fact that the topic is so broad. How will I narrow it down to a point where I do not write a book or in a way that my readers do not get confused about what the main idea is. I will admit, it is a bit challenging this paper, but I am confident with the various resources I have, I can be able to write a very effective and grammatically correct paper.
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