The vignette that had the strongest impression on me out of the many in “The House on Mango Street” was “Those who don’t”. I chose this one because I can somewhat relate to it. When I was reading it the one thing that stood out to me most was the feeling of safety when you are in your own neighborhood with people that you can trust. As an Asian American living through COVID and seeing what it has done to my community, I feel the safest around my own people. As I see more and more Asian hate crimes happen on the news I feel wearier and wearier as the days go by. The quote that got me thinking about this most is “All brown all around, we are safe But watch us drive into a neighborhood of another color and our knees go shakity-shake” This specifically made me think of the fear that people may face when they are in a environment that seems hostile or in an environment that has caused others harm before.
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