Analysis Of Race Politics By Luis Rodriguez
Nguyen, Vincent
Mrs.Allan
Journey for Justice
5 October, 2016
“Race Politics” by luis j. Rodriguez is piece of writing that is based off of an event that happened in his childhood. I believe that it is about how segregation and how kids learn about it at a young age. Luis Rodriguez used connotation,denotation,and syntax.
In Luis Rodriguez poem “Race Politics” line 26-26 it states “we entered forbidden narrow line of hate. That is implying that they crossed into an area they were not welcome and they didn't belong. ”all white.all american”, That is line 25 in Rodriguez's poem. That creates an image that south gate the area luis and his brother went into was not where they were suppose to be. Also because they are not white they they would
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