The book called " Bootstraps" by Victor Villanueva talks about his personal story as a Puerto Rican in the United States. The first chapter " The Block" which means where the black people and other uneducated people with different culture and different languages used to make TROUBLE. The author went to School with different teachers which have different understanding of students. Some teachers don't even know about the background of the student's life and language culture. "No college" since he talks a lot of about "Ghetto" when usually don't have education background so what the college mean for is the future of the prison. Victor really want students in ghetto should be continue on the education instead of hanging out for no reason with other uneducated people. Because, he grew up from the society however, he out of there and made himself educated person. Therefore, the first chapter is talking about his first step of life and success.
"Still, I have a hard time seeing you as someone of color." My guess , that he meant that as a compliment, likely having something to do with competence. The colleague must see "color" as brown and black and not quite as able (though the incompetence is a social problem, tot a genetic predisposition, no doubt). (xiii)
"Color isn't always race when it comes to teachers. It's an attitude, more an understanding of where we live than where we're from." (2)
Language was not the problem of the would- be dropout. (8)
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