Favorite Fishbowl- WWOC

       The fishbowl discussing oppression in “A White Woman of Color” by Julia Alvarez caught my attention as well. Oppression can be seen in family, education, government, and religion. It is common in the post modern world to see oppression depicted throughout these major social institutions. The fishbowl discussed themes such as the Dominican divide, cultural aesthetics, marginalization, and institutional racism. An example of institutional racism in relations to the short story “A White Woman of Color” would be when Alvarez and her sister when at the playground and kids from their school would throw rocks at them stating “go back to where you came from”. Alvarez obtained her freedom through hard work to gain the American education, as well as being proud of her ethnicity.Reading “A White Woman of Color”gave me the understanding that in the post modern world, individuals earn their freedom by hard work, sacrifice, and dedication regardless one’s religion or race.