xxxsi.cn Does America Still Exist? Richard Rodriguez
Does America Still Exist? Richard Rodriguez
xxxsi.cn Pre-reading questions What are some traditional symbols and words associated with America? Who are Americans?Is America a common culture or a diverse culture?Are all its citizens truly equal in the eyes of society? What's the role of language in determining one's cultural identity?
Pre-reading questions • What are some traditional symbols and words associated with America? • Who are Americans? Is America a common culture or a diverse culture? Are all its citizens truly equal in the eyes of society? • What’s the role of language in determining one’s cultural identity?
Richard Rodriguez (1944-) one of America's most celebrated essayist and journalist. For the last two decades,Rodriguez has been examining the meaning of class,ethnicity and race in America and in his life. ● In Hunger of Memory:The Education of Richard Rodriguez(1982),he talks about his own experience as a "minority"and shares his provocative views on bilingual education.He disagrees bilingual education (the practice of teaching immigrant children in the language of their families)
Richard Rodriguez (1944- ) • one of America’s most celebrated essayist and journalist. • For the last two decades, Rodriguez has been examining the meaning of class, ethnicity and race in America and in his life. • In Hunger of Memory: The Education of Richard Rodriguez (1982), he talks about his own experience as a “minority” and shares his provocative views on bilingual education. He disagrees bilingual education (the practice of teaching immigrant children in the language of their families)
xxxsi.cn Hunger of Memory is the story of a young Mexican-American boy who began his education in America knowing just fifty words of English and ended up achieving a wonderful education and attending Stanford University.It is a story of a minority student who acquires much social status and academic success,but at the same time loses intimacy with his family and ultimately his identity.Throughout his book he addresses many topics which he feels strongly about,such as bilingual education,affirmative action(反对岐视 少数族裔等)的维权行动)，his academic achievements and consequential losses
• Hunger of Memory is the story of a young Mexican-American boy who began his education in America knowing just fifty words of English and ended up achieving a wonderful education and attending Stanford University. It is a story of a minority student who acquires much social status and academic success, but at the same time loses intimacy with his family and ultimately his identity. Throughout his book he addresses many topics which he feels strongly about, such as bilingual education, affirmative action(反对歧视 少数族裔等）的维权行动）, his academic achievements and consequential losses
xxxsi.cn His work also stirred resentment because of Rodriguez's strong stands against bilingual education and affirmative action.Some Mexican Americans called him pocho- traitor -accusing him of betraying himself and his people.Others called him a "coconut"-brown on the outside,white on the inside.He calls himself "a comic victim of two cultures
• His work also stirred resentment because of Rodriguez's strong stands against bilingual education and affirmative action. Some Mexican Americans called him pocho — traitor — accusing him of betraying himself and his people. Others called him a "coconut" — brown on the outside, white on the inside. He calls himself "a comic victim of two cultures