“Those Who Don’t” is the vignette that made the strongest impression on me in “The House on Mango Street”. Growing up in Harlem when it was predominantly black kept people that wasn’t of color out of the neighborhood. Not that non-minorities weren’t welcome; they just didn’t care to come to that side of town. The few that did come around, you can sense and feel their discomfort. Now due to gentrification, there are different races in Harlem, however non-minorities still tend to be afraid in certain circumstances. The crackhead that they may run from entertains us because he or she just like to dance. The look of intimidation on a big black guy may scare a person, but we know him as a gentle giant. Most of all people of color welcomes every race into our community. Whereas other communities are not too fond of welcoming us. The stereotypes of people of color are all some people know but experiencing the love and comfort that we actually give can put a non-minority mind at ease. I was able to relate to this vignette, it described my experiences growing up in a black neighborhood.
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Growing up in brooklyn I get whole neighborhoods that are predominately one race or religion and it’s always been like that. I know whole buildings that are full of polish/ russian immigrants and they will not rent to other races same with asians who all live together in the same building. Not because they are unwelcoming but I think most of them relate to their own race especially if they immigrated here and have no one they can relate to.