NOT ALL NATIVES ARE CREATED EQUAL.

READING
A. Read through the extract and answer:

1. Why was the writer scared?

Because an extremely large black man with a frown on his face was pointing at his
cigarette. Again, the black pointed and again said, "That sucks!" The writer thought
that the black would attack him so he was afraid.

2. Who did the writer talk to? How did it make him feel?
The writer spoke to Glenn. The writer went on to explain that when two natives
meet for the first time, they always say the same thing: "Hello, where are you from?"
he sat and drank with the black, their differences and time seemed to vanish. After
getting up to leave, his new friend Glenn got up too and shook his hand to say
goodbye. he never forgets it. for a number of reasons.

3. Why did the experience make the writer consider his own situation?
The writer considers his own situation because when he was leaving the tavern. he
met two other African American brothers. That's when one of them threw his arms
back and poked his chin out as he spat, and asked the writer "What ... are you
looking at?"
The writer felt fear engulf him, closely followed by disgust and hatred. For the rest
of that day and most of the night, he must have thought of Glen to stop the hateful
thoughts running through his mind. It was at that moment that he reflected on the
way he was treated in the past and how they saw him, as a native. The way some
people looked at it and thought; "Alcoholic, Wellness, Reserve!"
B 1. What stereotypes about different groups are you aware of?
A stereotype is a fixed idea that people have about what specific social groups or
individuals are like, especially a misconception. Other terms that are associated with
the term stereotype are prejudice and cliché.
2. Are stereotypes harmful or helpful? Why?
Stereotypes are harmful, so standardized and simplified group ideas, based on some
prejudices, are not derived from objective facts, but from subjective and often
unverifiable ideas. "One of the reasons for stereotypes is the lack of personal and
concrete familiarity that individuals have with people of other racial or ethnic
groups."
2 IDIOMS
A Match these meanings with the idioms underlined
in the text:
1. Expressing a lack of concern: Big deal
2. The environment where someone feels secure: At ease
3. Everyday existence, as opposed to an ideal state: World real
4. To say something suddenly, usually without thinking: Smart ass
5. Person who makes sarcastic comments: Blurted out
6. To make people comfortable: Comfort zone

3 WHAZZUPP English speakers around the world often make use of different
grammar and spelling, which are referred to as non-standard English. `Whazzup' is
non-standard American English for 'What's happening?'.
A Identify five phrases with non-standard grammar. Give the standard English
equivalent for each.
He was not as brave as he thought! --- I wasn't as fearless as I thought I was!
Are you sure that hell is not round? -- You’z sure in'a hell ain't from round
Hello, where are you from " -- Hi, where ya from?"
Take care now! " -- Y'all take care now!"
"What are you looking at?" -- "What the — — — — you lookin' at?"
If you're an 'ave rage --If you are a rage
B Identify five words with non-standard spelling. Give the standard English
equivalent for each.
nails -- fingernails
"That sucks!" -- "That Was stinks!"
hate -- hatred
disturbing -- worrisome
fanaticism – bigotry
C Why are these forms uses these rather than standard grammar? What do you
think of non-standard uses of your language?
The standard language is considered the correct way to speak, sometimes in Spanish
we have many slang that is understood among nationals, when a person does not
speak with the standard grammar it can generate confusion in the other person, but
if the other person understands that slang you can speak and understand each other
perfectly.
4 PORTFOLIO WRITING
C Stereotypes and ethnic groups. Answer the questions (100 words for each):
1. How might stereotypes affect Native Americans and African-Americans?

Stereotypes can negatively affect these people, including the formation of

inaccurate and distorted images and opinions of people. Stereotypes can also be
used as scapegoats or to make general misjudgments about people. Some
stereotyped people may feel comfortable when they avoid emotional
identification with the stereotyped group, leading to xenophobic or racist
behaviors. Finally, another serious consequence of stereotypes is the feeling of
inferiority that stereotyped people can have and that can impair their
performance.

2. What effect does misunderstanding or miscommunication have on the story?

Carey (1989) wrote at the end of the eighties that a basic problem of
communication "is that since it is an everyday experience, it is ultimately what
we reflect on because it is the most apparent, a position that seemed to explain
the scant systematic inquiry. that until now. the moment had been given on the
complexity of the communicative phenomenon and on the different ways in
which it could be objectified in the light of the reflective gaze". I think that with
good communication in the past, some war could have been avoided, but the
ambitions of different countries made dialogue almost impossible, many people
had to die for those ambitions.

3. How would this story change if the characters had been from different ethnic
groups?
I think that if the writer and the characters that intervene in the text, NOT ALL
NATIVES ARE THE SAME. They would have been of different ethnicities,
there would have been more stereotypes even than there were when the writer
spoke with Glenn, as each would have had inaccurate and distorted images and
opinions of the other people who are involved in the text. For these reasons, I
believe that neither the writer had understood with glen, since in this story our
writer had emphasized with Glenn.