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Question:
In the beginning of the essay, Judith Ortiz Cofer describes the irony of her Sunday mass being translated by a Chinese priest, and in the final paragraph she ends with yet again another ironic reference to her religion when she describes that " Latin women pray to an Anglo God/ with a Jewish heritage." Why do you think she even bothers to mention this in her essay, and how does it add to her struggle as a Latin woman?
Please post your comments on or before October 12th 6pm
8 comments:
Jeffrey M.
well I see it as since she has her spanish religion and she sees a chinese priest, and her god being able to speak both languages. she probably sees it as a disrespect or not faithful because he probably speaks one language and was a role model for spanish and you have other people from other races praying to him.
Bilaal B.
I think the irony in the chinese priest teching religion in spanish comes from this whole idea of an outsider that should be on the outside looking is on the inside of the bubble not only inteacting with them but actually teaching them a part of their culture.
Ruebn A.
I think she bothers to mention this in her essay because its ironic that a chinese person is actually teaching at a spanigh mass & teaching them about their own culture and in response to the comment she made about an anglo god and jewish heritage i take this as there being ONLY ONE GOD so they worship it regardless of heritage
Raheem
Judith Ortiz mention the sunday mass because it's really ironic for someone to teach you about your hertaige thats not even of the same ethnic group but yet chinese.
I dont belive though it added any struggle to her becasue he was just doing his job as a preacher.
Lawrence W.
i think that a chinese person should onlt teach chinese people and work in the chinos, its ironic that hes teaching spanish people. How would chinese people feel if someone was teaching about the chinese culture to a group of chinese people and they were spanish. It probly wouldnt seem right. If he suppose to be a god how does he know more then one language he's betraying one side. she needs to goto a different church whos commited to one religion and is faithful.
Maria V.
Judith Ortiz includes the mass given by a chinese priest as a section in her essay to show how latino families are set up by society to stay within their culture and not expand. The author might had included that part of the Anglo God because it shows the suffering of latinas who are unsure if the are actually understood by other people. These conflicts add on to the struglles of latinas because they are unsure if the things they do or say are actually understood and if they are taken seriously.
Maria V.
Judith Ortiz includes the mass given by a chinese priest as a section in her essay to show how latino families are set up by society to stay within their culture and not expand. The author might had included that part of the Anglo God because it shows the suffering of latinas who are unsure if the are actually understood by other people. These conflicts add on to the struglles of latinas because they are unsure if the things they do or say are actually understood and if they are taken seriously.
The irony of the chinese priest teaching the masses of their own religion is thatno one of their own race who belive those only in their color, rae, religion or culture can know and understand their ways, but having another man from a completly different culture and race telling things they probably didn't even know about themselfs which leaves a massive hole in their logic. i agree with Raheem i dont belive it means anything.......w00t!
Lorenzo S. (back door) Bradshaw
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