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Jasmine<\/em>, a novel by Bharati Mukherjee, tells the story of an Indian woman\u2019s journey to America and her experience becoming an American. \u00a0The protagonist, Jyoti (aka Jasmine, aka Jane) endures microaggressions and discovers the horrible truth of America as she realizes the country\u00a0is not as welcoming as the brochures in India made it seem. \u00a0In a quote from the novel, Jasmine describes how she is physically characterized in America. \u00a0\u201cThey want to make me familiar. \u00a0In a pinch, they\u2019ll admit that I might look a little different, that I’m a \u2018dark-haired girl\u2019 in a naturally blond county. \u00a0I have a \u2018darkish complexion\u2019 (in India, I\u2019m \u2018wheatish\u2019)\u201d (Mukherjee 33). \u00a0Reading this novel, and especially this quote, reminded me of the tendency Americans have to classify people by skin tone and the desire to see everyone as either black or white. \u00a0In India, Jasmine\u00a0is seen as a lighter skinned woman, but in America they categorize her and label her \u201cdark-skinned\u201d and \u201cdifferent.\u201d \u00a0This idea was also mentioned in class when we watched the film \u201cAn Island Divided,\u201d where the narrator Professor Gates comments, \u201cin America all these people would be black\u201d while walking down a street in the Dominican Republic, even though most Dominicans identify with Spain rather than Africa. \u00a0It\u2019s strange that in America we are told to \u201cnever judge a book by its cover,\u201d yet people are still constantly classified by their physical appearances.<\/p>\n

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Mukherjee, Bharati.\u00a0Jasmine. Virago Press, 2014.<\/p>\n

Haiti & Dominican Republic. Dir. Ricardo Pollack. PBS, 2011. Kanopy. Web. 18 Feb. 2018.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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