Blog Stage 7

On July 28, 2017 The Opinion Page from The Washington Post  posted an article published by Akhil Sharma called "I resisted the label 'immigrant writer.' Trump makes me more willing to accept it."  In this article the author explains how it has been hard for him as an Indian writer. He gives examples of things that people have said to him on the streets or even when he's on his morning run. He argues that things like these did happen before but he states that "This sort of hatred surely existed before Donald Trump became president, but it seems his example has made it more acceptable to say such things." This makes one feel pushed towards an immigrant identity. It sure does not help when you are part of minority group and for Trump to make it okay to do or say things like this is not right. Many people who fall into the minority groups seem to try an disassociate from the attacked group like the minorities group people label them as. 

Personally, I believe that no matter what race or where you fall in the social groups you should not be afraid to be who you are. Coming from parents who were once immigrants I can say it was not easy. People seem to associate mostly everyone from the minority groups as thefts or just anything to do with crime. I agree and see where Akhil Sharma was coming from when he stated that he did not want to accept the label of an immigrant writer. It seemed like he was just trying to fit in and once again I can relate to him as I used to try to fit in from being Mexican but now I am proud of who I am and yes while, it sucks falling in the category of a minority group there's not much one can do about it other than accept it and by doing so what other's say will feel less hurtful.