"The Myth of The Latin Woman: Just Met a Girl Named Maria"

Today was a normal day in class. We learned how to set up our blogs for the rest of the year, and we discussed the themes in a non-fictional essay. The essay we discussed today was called "The Myth of The Latin Woman: Just Meta Girl Named Maria" by Judith Ortiz Cofer. It talked about how the author deals with the many stigmas and stereotypes surrounding Latin-American women. she discusses incidents where she was pre-judged as being a sex symbol and as a worker because she is a Puerto-Rican woman. The author wants these prejudices about Latin-American women to stop as well as the prejudices about other races and genders, but that is easier said than done.

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