Reading the article from the Huffpost is a conversation I am familiar with as someone who is half Latina half White. I have always sat in this in between as a kid when at recess and playing house with the others I was assigned the role of the maid every day without fail. I never understood why I was seven. I do remember the day I decided I did not want to play that role anymore and walked away from that group. People have questioned my abilities in English despite being born here and learning English first and Spanish teachers seemed to always expect more from me, but then there was the Latin community. They would point out my accent, many surprised when they found out I was Latin. They would call me “the gringa” normally how it is referred to as an American female. It is hard to feel like you are too white for the Latinx groups but not White enough for the White groups. I feel like I am straddling a line that I can’t stop straddling. I really loved Marios post because it really summed up the stereotypes that so many people of color are saddled with. I like many others are most likely not a stranger to the question of if we are Mexican for some reason that is the assumption many people jump too. There then has to begin conversations of why do these stereotypes exist, what is the root and how can we change the narrative. 

Looking at the Chapter reading identify politics has demonized by American conservatives. A part of the reading that had really resonated with me was the paragraph that begins with all of the things these forces are denying. Health insurance to people with preexisting conditions, deny women the right to decide when and if they reproduce, deny protections to transgender people, and more listed. It is not to say that all conservatives are evil or because you choose to align yourself as one that you are less of a person, think less of people, or anything but it is simply proven through time and time these are some of the issues with which they are against. For example I believe that there should be universal healthcare no matter if you have a preexisting condition or not if you were to decide I want healthcare I believe that one should have the right to choose so. When I first got off my parents plan and moved here to New York at 18 I had trouble getting healthcare. The plans I was being offered were something that was not covering enough of what I needed in the price range that I needed. There are then to consider immigrants in this country. They are given this title of criminal given the name illegals and that they are stealing jobs and criminals. So many do not have access to health care. Furthermore so many do not even have the right to vote in their own cities. Imagine not having a voice in where you live. A conservatives argument is that one should simply go through the legal passages but do not realize how expensive and timely they are. There is this sense of control as the chapter says this controlling of the story of who we are and what makes us who we are as an exercise in power. We should be talking more about our differences without fear it is not something that will divide us. I really loved Osayanmo’s post I think it really spoke to the chapter of the week and the silencing that should be lifted.