Living a Minority Living as an African-Latin American citizen in the United States, I am constantly reminded I have to work twice as hard to receive half the recognition compared to white men and women in America. In fact, there is so much discrimination within this nation, after the Presidential election in 2016, when Donald Trump was elected president, I was terrified to drive to and from work because I felt I will be falsely arrested by cops because of the way I look. In the short story “Cheap,” Dagoberto Gilb, a Mexican America citizen, struggles with his self-interest. Between saving money on renovating his home and the disparaging treatment brought towards undocumented Mexican laborers, Uriel and Carlos, Gilb becomes conflicted on how
