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    Mexican Whiteboy

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    Danny wears a mask of shyness at school because he is neither fully Mexican nor white and faces discrimination. Uno wears a "tough guy" mask to hide that he is black and Mexican. They both feel like outsiders. The book explores concepts of socialization through examples of language, gender norms, and discrimination based on race and socioeconomic class. One insightful moment is when Danny and Uno sit in silence watching the colors fade into the dark sky, showing forgiveness is possible and anything can be beautiful.

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    Mexican Whiteboy

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    Danny wears a mask of shyness at school because he is neither fully Mexican nor white and faces discrimination. Uno wears a "tough guy" mask to hide that he is black and Mexican. They both feel like outsiders. The book explores concepts of socialization through examples of language, gender norms, and discrimination based on race and socioeconomic class. One insightful moment is when Danny and Uno sit in silence watching the colors fade into the dark sky, showing forgiveness is possible and anything can be beautiful.

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    Danny wears a mask of shyness at school because he is neither fully Mexican nor white and faces discrimination. Uno wears a "tough guy" mask to hide that he is black and Mexican. They both feel like outsiders. The book explores concepts of socialization through examples of language, gender norms, and discrimination based on race and socioeconomic class. One insightful moment is when Danny and Uno sit in silence watching the colors fade into the dark sky, showing forgiveness is possible and anything can be beautiful.

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    Mexican Whiteboy

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    Danny wears a mask of shyness at school because he is neither fully Mexican nor white and faces discrimination. Uno wears a "tough guy" mask to hide that he is black and Mexican. They both feel like outsiders. The book explores concepts of socialization through examples of language, gender norms, and discrimination based on race and socioeconomic class. One insightful moment is when Danny and Uno sit in silence watching the colors fade into the dark sky, showing forgiveness is possible and anything can be beautiful.

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    WhatmasksdoDannyandUnohavetowear?
    Dannywearshismaskatschoolbecausehedoesntfitin,hesneithermexicanorwhite.
    Forexampleonpage42,thebookdescribesDannyasThesemimuteMexicankid.Thekid
    whosedad,JavierLopez,notonlyhadfailedtoshowupinasuit,buthadfailedtoshowupat
    all.ThisquoteshowsthatDannyisverydifferentfromthekidsathisschool.Hedoesnthavea
    fatherpresentinhislifeandthisabsentfatherisdefinitelynotwearingasuit.Dannyisdifferent
    notonlythroughhisracebecauseheisbothmexicanandwhite,butalsohecomesfromalower
    classfamily.Onpage230,awhitestudenttalksaboutDannysayingheis,Oneoftheonly
    wetbackstheyletintheschool.Inresponsetothisisolation,themaskhewearsishisshyness.
    Dannywearsthismaskatschoolmainlybecauseheissodifferentfromhispeersandstrivesto
    avoidthepainandshameofbeingdifferent.

    Unowearsthemaskasatoughguy.InthebeginningofthebookUnobeatsupDanny,
    resultinginDannyhavingtogetstitches.Unosalreadysteppingforwardwithallhisweight,
    deliveringanoverhandrightthatsmashesflushintoDannysface,IthinkUnomustfeel
    uncomfortablebeingtheonlyblackmexicaninhisneighborhood.Hetriestomaskhisblackand
    mexicanethnicitybybeingoverlyaggressivethroughbeatingpeopleup.Furtherintothestory
    whenUnoandDannybecomefriends,Unorealizesthereareotherpeoplelikehim.

    UseconceptsofsocializationtoexplainthebookMexicanWhiteboy.
    Throughoutthebooktherearemanyexamplesofvariousconceptsofsocialization.Fo
    example,languageandgendernormsarethemesthroughoutthestory.Inthebeginningofthe
    bookwhenDannyspendsthesummerwithhishispanicrelatives,theytalkinmexicanslangand
    Spanglish.Ha,boladepan!Icatchsoeasy!Younofastenough!isanexampleofhowthey
    talk.Furthermore,onpage30,Butthenaweeklaterhegavesomefratdudea
    beatdown.gavehimanastygashunderhislefteye,dislocatedhisjaw.Thisisanexampleof
    malegendernorms.Unoisconformingtothemanboxsideathatmencannotshowemotions
    publicly,exceptanger.

    Whatnewinsightsdidyougainaboutraceandsocialclassinreadingthisbook?
    TheinsightsIgainedfrom
    MexicanWhiteBoy
    aboutraceandsocioeconomicclasswere
    thatpeoplediscriminateagainstraceandclassbecauseoftheirownsocialization.Forexample,
    onpage238,aboysaystoUno,Iaintafraidofnoblacky!Thiscommentwasintendedto
    targetUnosraceinanegativeway.ThisboydidnotneedtoaddUnosraceintothecomment,
    buthedidtospiteUno.AnotherexampleincludesSickschool,everythingisbrandnew,Uno

    saysaboutDannysprivateschool.ThisstatementimpliesthatUnosschoolmustbe
    underfunded,likemostschoolsinlowincomeareas.IalwayswenttoniceschoolswereItook
    forgrantedthateverythingwasnew.ThiscommentmademefeelgratefulfortheopportunitiesI
    havehad.

    Writeoutabeautifulline.Explainwhyitis.
    ThemostbeautifullineinMexicanWhiteboywasonpage247,Thetwoofthemsitin
    silenceandstareatthepalecolorsslowlyfingeringtheirwayintothedarksky,aroundthe
    recyclingplant.Thislineshowthatforgivenessispossibleandthatanythingcanbebeautiful.
    AtthebeginningofthebookUnobeatsDannyup,butinthislinetheyarebestfriendsandhad
    justspentthesummerpracticingbaseball.TheneighborhoodwhereDannyspendshissummer,
    isnotdescribedaspretty,butinthisscenetheauthorpaintstheatmosphereasbeautifuland
    healing.Icanimagineadarksilentdawnwiththesunabouttoriseandbrightentheday.

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