![]() ![]() I could relate to living in a poor area with a short supply of opportunity. Mexican American culture and themes of social class and gender are interwoven through the novel’s vignettes. ![]() The main character in the novel, Esperanza, a 13-year-old Chicana, grows up in an impoverished neighborhood in Chicago. We read a book called The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros and learned about a different culture, but also about a community with striking similarities to our own. ![]() Sure, we learned about grammar and literary concepts, but Sanderson opened our eyes-or at least my eyes-to the fact that the world was different outside of St. ![]() I first learned about cultural diversity and racial justice in Mr. Almost everyone I knew was working-class and white. I shopped at Target for school clothes when we took a rare trip to Portland. I wasn’t allowed to play at a friend’s house after I told my mom that my friend’s stepdad wouldn’t let us in his shed because he was growing funny plants. I was used to the flannels and work boots and the fact that most kids’ dads worked at the mill. Helens, Oregon, is a rural town about 30 minutes northwest of Portland it was all I’d ever known. Welcome to the Rethinking Schools Archives and Websiteīecome a subscriber to read this article. ![]()
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