During the racial justice reads i’m hearing the cultural struggles with each author and their writing of their books (memoirs). Starting with Meredith Talusan with him being a transgender and his living in the philippines to live in america. On to Jaquira Diaz, she has a lot of quotes that i can relate to in the book. For example when her grandmother is doing her hair and having curly hair would be a struggle because when my grandmother would do my hair with a comb it would get stuck and i’d cry because i’m tender headed. My reaction towards the the read of “ordinary girls” it seems like her grandmother is kind of a racist in the sense of her criticizing Jaquira’s hair because she’s half black because her father. Honestly I choose “Ordinary Girls” to read and do the first essay on in because of her story as a hispanic and half black girl in New York to learn and relate to jaquira.

Dear class,

My expectations for this semester is to get to know my peers and professors. I expect myself to manage all my classes especially now i’m in college. I expect respect from classmates and professors as i will have respect for them. I expect to pass this semester with a fair grade as i will work hard for it. I hope that i will get help when i need it. I wish everyone the best of luck this semester and moving forward.

Thanks, Sharyana