Week 8 Searcher: When Cultures Clash

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As i am watching Norma Cantu: A Chicanas Life in Literature, i am being reminded of my life as a Chicana. I found an interesting article form CNN, where a Chicano has to make a decision of presenting himself as a Mexican or as an Foreigner in an interview he is about to be in. He is undecided, since he has been called a Mexican all his life, but he was born and raised in California. I guess society does help implement these confusions, like Cantu says, she was being taught Texan Culture at school, but taught Mexican culture at home. Chicanos do find it sometime difficult to make a decision on what ethnicity the want to be referred as. Some people don’t even feel comfortable saying either, because they are confused about it.

http://www.cnn.com/2012/11/30/opinion/navarrette-mexican-american/

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