Judith Ortiz Cofer says, “The Island travels with you.” What part of your culture, family, or identity do you feel “travels” with you everywhere you go?

Judith Ortiz Cofer says, “The Island travels with you.” What part of your culture, family, or identity do you feel “travels” with you everywhere you go?

Prompt Response: I think something that follows me where ever I go is probably being adopted. Even though in the story we read her culture is what follows her because people notice it. Mine is not noticeable, but I feel it inside myself everyday. I wonder everyday who I would have been if I stayed with my birth parents and what I would look like. My parents make a good amount of money and I went to private school most my life. My birth mom seems to not make a lot of money and has had some drug related issues. She also posts different beliefs then my parents do and she looks at the world differently. Everyday it follows me that the life I have now is rare and how things could have ended up so differently for me, just because I was chosen by two people. Not only this but I have a half brother out in the world somewhere that is only two years younger than me. It makes me want to find him and just see a glimpse of who I am. 

Summary: In class we read, "The Myth of the Latin Woman". Then we wrote down the different stereotypes that we found in the story. 

Reflection: I enjoyed learning about different people and the interesting things that are thought about them. I think stereotypes are wrong and everyone is their own individual self.