1. One thing that I found very interesting just in the way that the chapters were organized, at least Chapters 3 and 4, was the two quotes that began the chapters. Laying out the differences between the Hispanic and the Chinese thoughts and experiences spoke volumes to me. As an immigrant and a minority, I do find that hearing other people’s experiences and comparing them to mine is very powerful in how I then think about the person. So, I found the quotes to be a very good way to open up the chapters.

2. In response to these quotes that I found to be powerful, I did have a question. Where these differences in thoughts and experiences consequences of how the immigrants were treated when they were in the process of immigrating and afterwards as well, or were they merely brought about by cultural differences that would have been developed in their homelands? Or is it a combination of the two, or other factors altogether?