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Summary Of Blaxicans By Richard Rodriguez

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Richard Rodriguez’s essay “Blaxicans and other Reinvented Americans” portrays that a person's identity does not depend on where the person is born, but where they feel most connected to. Richard Rodriguez states “Culture is fluid.Culture is smoke. You breathe it. You eat it.” (pg.91) In this case Rodriguez states that Culture comes naturally. Culture is everywhere and not only because you follow it should consider your race to be categorized certainty. Culture comes from different places all around the world and you are free to follow any without the regard of being born in a certain country or state. In other words culture builds up into different things like food, dances, or even language. Rodriguez implies “I answered that I am Chinese,

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