should illegal immigrants be made legal citizens?
A persons family or Family background can help determine one’s identity. Where you come from or who you’re raised by can help determine your identity in society. There are many other things that can help influence your identity, but your family’s background is one of the main ways and this is evident In “Public and Private Language” by Richard Rodriquez. Depending on what background you’re from your identity will automatically be determined. There are many different factors in this idea that play a vital part however. For example if you come from an Asian background people will automatically identify you as a math wizard or if you are from a Latino background that you should automatically understand Spanish. This is basically the ethnic part of the theory that a person’s family or family background can determine ones identity. When certain people look at you in this world they automatically classify you and determine your identity, this is just how our society is set up today. In a way it s unfair that this happens because usually this effects your relationship with the individuals you may interact with on a daily basis. In today’s society I feel we are territorial and this also helps influence us as a culture identifying another individual especially if they are not from the same place as you. All of this plays a vital role in determining a person’s identity by their family’s background. In the essay “Public And Private Language “ by Rodriguez he explains how it was growing up in a culture alien to his culture and ethnic heritage Rodriguez was basically trying to fit in and have his family do the same. This was tough for Rodriguez and his family and one reason was because Rodriguez and his family did not grow up in America so there first language was their native language and as a result speaking to other individuals was a hard task. This was a task because speaking proper English was a challenge for Rodriguez family. This factor into how one’s family