A Place For Us: Race
Racism and talks on race are prominent ideas portrayed in A Place For Us. Mirza shows us the effects of racism and the way she implements race into the story is fascinating. I really like how separate characters have their own encounters with racism. For Hadia, there is the moment at her elementary school where the book says "She hates when anything draws extra attention to her. She already looks so different from them, being the only girl who wears hijab" (26). This shows us that Hadia is self-aware of her differences, but Mirza portrays this situation in a way where Hadia is in a situation where she just has to accept it. Another situation that has acts of racism is Amar's interaction with Brandon and Grant. Grant says "Look, terrorist in a white shirt" (111), Amar being the person in the white shirt. Brandon adds on saying "Why don't you go back to your own country?"(111). At this moment, we can sort of contrast the actions of Hadia and Amar as...