AP Lang. IRL

  After reading pieces such as “Disability” by Nancy Mairs, I feel that I have gained much more insight from a new perspective that I wouldn’t usually consider. In this specific essay, Mairs writes about her personal experiences with living with a physical disability with the intent to inform readers. It’s very common to hear that “representation is important” within our society, however, its not too many times that we hear people who actually suffer from misrepresentation speak out about these problems. It’s always interesting and important to hear different stories from many people on a subject in order to determine what is in the best interests of society, and in her essay, Mairs does just that. Being a person with a physical disability, she depicts how the lack of representation makes her feel alienated and isolated from other people despite seeing herself as fitting into most norms.     In order to truly represent people of all demographics, we first need to observe ...

  The novel “Americanah” features many different aspects to race and culture discrimination. The main protagonist, Ifemelu, deals with many struggles that are caused or worsened by being a black women, especially on in the United States. In the beginning of the book, before she initially moves back to Nigeria, her experience at a hair braiding salon is depicted in detail. She is judged by her race by a fellow black woman. Ifemelu faces much judgment by both black people and white people. This causes a lot of conflict within herself because she is confused about her identity. The judgement from society leaves her questioning weather she is too assimilated or too Nigerian. This impacts her relationships with others, how she sees others, and how she sees herself. Unfortunately, these themes are very prevalent in our world today. Specifically with people who immigrated to the United States. With new generations being born in America to immigrant parents, people tend to question weather...