“Our hometown, Abadan, was about as safe a place as anyone could hope for... My father was actually aware of the dangers inherent in our new surroundings and lectured me regularly on the perils of strangers.”
Just because people move to the USA doesn’t mean that they aren’t leaving good things behind. Sundara loved her country and was said to be forced out, and even though Firoozeh came her by choice there were still things she missed about Abadan, like how safe it is.”
“Just to get rid of her I walked up to the boy, who, breaking all stamina records, was still crying, and said in Persian, ‘Are you Iranian?’ The boy stopped crying for a moment, then let out the loudest scream heard since biblical times. Not only was he separated from his loved ones, he was now trapped in the Tower of Babel.”
This is an example of stereotyping, the people at Disney assumed that just because Firoozeh and the other boy looked alike, that they would speak the same language. This is like when Coach Hackenbruck was mad at Sundara and assumed she was Vietnamese. Another example of stereotyping was in the teen immigrants movie when Fatima was talking about the “terrorist” stereotype.
Your title is wrong.
ReplyDeleteShhhhh.
ReplyDeleteYou fixed it! Yay!
ReplyDelete