I loved Miriam Gurba’s piece. Right off the bat she starts of with an unapologetic introduction of who she is, and how she’s followed after her grandfather’s footsteps as a publicist. Her choice of words are fiery, matching her attitude towards Cummins’s work in her story, American Dirt. The story that Gurba wrote is a story she feels like she’s representing for people who share the same culture as her, and who are being appropriated and sensationalized through a white person’s story. It’s also very personal. Gurba takes it personally because yes, it’s her culture that’s being presented as an entertainment outlet. She feels like Cummin’s work is hypocritical because it enforces the stereotypes that she said she would not. I liked Gurba’s writing a lot, the aggressive tone shows that she’s serious, about what she’s talking about and more importantly, herself.
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I agree with you that Gurba was being herself unapologetically throughout her writing.
I agree about how personal this story is regarding to a specific culture. The tone inside the story was good because you can feel the expression of hate put inside those words.
I agree with your thoughts on her piece. I takes passion to speak your mind against someone slandering your culture.
I also think that her word choice was “fiery” that it matched her anger towards Cummins.
I also loved this piece because I thought it was real. I could tell Gruba took this situation serious by her aggressive tone which made it even more interested. I enjoyed how critical she was because I think it shows readers she’s not afraid to show who she really is. She seemed like a strong minded person.
I agree that Gurba intended to show how serious this topic was to not only her culture but herself as well. She admits that she’s cocky and she uses this cocky attitude to develop the stern tone she has throughout the piece.
I also loved the aggressive tone used in gurbas writing. It felt like she was coming after my neck. Just by reading her piece I can feel the same one she does, but I can’t compare on the level.
I agree with you. I like her aggressiveness and unapologetic towards Cummins’s writing and how she misrepresented and misleading stereotypes about Mexicans and Latins. Also, I would like to elaborate on her roommate mocking and wearing Gurba clothes, and it shows how people can be racist to others just by reading or listening to something.
I agree with you, I also loved her unapologetic introduction, because she takes pride in her culture and she doesn’t want others talking bad about her country when they don’t know what they are talking about.