The unwritten rules of putting oneself in a category are endless. No one ever sat down and wrote out the qualifications that a person needs to obtain in order to be in the category of their race. Is it the place where you were conceived but what if your parents were on vacation in another country? Or is it the place where you were born at but what if you were in mid air in an airplane? Or is it the language that you can speak fluently but what if you took a foreign language class in school for eight years and you are more then fluent in that particular language? Or is it just simply where you live and if it is because of the place where you live, then how long do you have to live there in order for you to say you are in that category? There are so many reason people use to help them determine what category they belongs to. .
I am a walking example of this madness! I came from a family of Chinese decent but I was born in Vietnam. Both my parents and my grandparents were also born in Vietnam. We immigrated to the United States when I was two years old. On my legal paper works I am categorized as Chinese-American. Well I was not born in the United States and what made me an aspect in the Chinese-American category? It might be that I am a citizen of this country but if the United States government categorized me as Chinese-American because I am a citizen of the United States, then why am I not Chinese-Vietnamese-American because I am also a citizen of Vietnam. This is all so confusing to me because should the United State have any say to what category I belong to. Is their method of categorizing legit? .
Another incident happened when I was a sophomore at Franklin High School when I was involved in a verbal argument with my friend Mei-Ying. She asked me what race I am and I told her that I am Chinese and she told me that I am not Chinese, I am Vietnamese because I once told her that I was born in Vietnam.
Ruben and I were walking home, and out of no where this guy in eighth grade came up behind us and started punching Ruben. ... Ruben had an older sister. ... I thought Ruben was never going to talk to me again. ... I saw the other guy walking up to Ruben, from the look in his eyes it looked like he was going to strike Ruben. ... I looked back and saw Ruben was still there. ...
Wolfe, sister Sarah and his 2 brothers Ruben, the playboy and Steve, the oldest brother. ... This is where Cameron and Ruben are different. ... When Ruben dumps Octavia, his chances of love increase and the doors of heaven begin to open. ... Trouble starts to creep around the house when an anonymous caller begins to threaten Ruben. Ruben accepts the challenge for a fight and suspiciously he doesn't cut it. ...
The deal also included incentives that would take effect when specific goals set forth in the contract are achieved (Martinez). ... He can earn the equivalent of one month of his base salary for getting to the SEC championship game, two months equivalent for any bowl game, two-and-a-half months for an Alliance bowl game, and lastly, $50,000 for winning a third national championship (Martinez). Jeremy Foley, University of Florida Athletic Director, said after the signing, "Obviously, people are going to talk about the amount of money he's making, but he adds tremendous value to this univer...
University professors know that only a few teachers are tenured; therefore, these teachers feel they have to compete with one another to become tenured (Martinez). ... "The system of tenure could possible distract faculty from their students, because they spend more time on time-consuming research than in the classroom- (Martinez). With all the negative aspects of tenure the number one concern is that "working to gain tenure through publication could lead to the de-emphasize of teaching, affecting student learning- (Martinez). ...
University professors know that only a few teachers are tenured; therefore, these teachers feel they have to compete with one another to become tenured (Martinez). ... "The system of tenure could possible distract faculty from their students, because they spend more time on time-consuming research than in the classroom- (Martinez). With all the negative aspects of tenure the number one concern is that "working to gain tenure through publication could lead to the de-emphasize of teaching, affecting student learning- (Martinez). ...
Secretary of Treasury Robert Ruben was talking to Mahathir he referred to Globalization as an electronic herd. " The electronic herd is often an anonymous stock, bond, currency traders, and multinational investors connected by screens and networks. ... Ruben. ...
This rule is about to be reconsidered because of the case of a farm worker, by the last name of Martinez, was shot five times in a brief encounter with the police. ... When the Martinez was finally tacked by the police he began to struggle, revealing the other huge knife he still had in his pants. ...
Fred Martinez was a male-bodied person with a feminine nature which was honorable according to his ancient Navajo culture. However, homophobia from European settlers tainted Indian perceptions of multiple genders and Martinez, like so many other gay and transgendered people became a victim of a hate crime. ...
