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In the essay “blaxicans and other reinvented americans” author richard rodriguez demonstrates how skin color should not define you, but instead your cultural roots should define you. For example rodriguez states “in the latin american, one sees every race of the world. One sees white Hispanics, one sees black Hispanics, One sees brown Hispanics who are Indians, many of whom do not speak Spanish”(line 94-96). This reveals that the government puts the people in a category without their consent. For example people from mexico are hispanic also people from Salvador are consider hispanics but they are two complete different cultures and traditions. Rodriguez uses colors “brown,” “black,” and “white” to emphasize that people say brown people are

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