To understand those who take on different identities you have to put yourself in their shoes. While still at an impressionable age, the pressures to fit in or belong to a group are extremely unnerving. Sometimes these pressures force the kids to mimic what they see on TV or believe that the stereotypes of their race are true. While others try to change their ethnicity because they want to be "known". To do this they associate themselves with the types of clothes they're wearing or music they're listening to. Which is described as the "claiming" throughout the reading; one girl claimed that she was fully Mexican because she looked it, even though she was half Mexican and half white. (page 195). While another discussed how the influence of a movie altered the identities of tons of kids.
She said, "When "Boyz N the Hood" came out on video, it was sold out for weeks. All the boys wanted to be black, and all the girls wanted to be Mexican. It's the glamour."( page 197) This......
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