#2 Chick Red 4---dhall24

In my book All-American Muslim Girl by Nadine Jolie Courtney, Allie has a Muslim father and a mother who turned Muslim. Allie looks nothing like a Muslim and does not get into the culture. She takes after the American part of her mother and fits in to the American girl stereotype. People in her school and in public have no idea she's Muslim, therefore she hears all sorts of negative comments about Muslim people and she can't do anything about it. Her father however fits the Muslim look category people see, therefore he does not get treated like Allie does and his wife. Allie's father is treated rudely by the people and even tried kicking him off the plane, "'Passengers have expressed concern. They said you were speaking Arabic and they heard the word 'Allah' repeatedly.'" (Courtney 4). That line is the flight attendant discussing people's concerns to Allie's father and how they wish to have him off because they're scared of him because he's speaking his language. Allie and her mother are not even brought into the fear of people's eyes, they have no concern on them. Allie stood up for her father explaining what he was talking about, claiming he's her father, and explaining she's a student at Providence High School outside Atlanta and they've come to visit for New Year's for a family reunion. The people on the plane listen and understand her. They become less scared of their safety and leave Allie's father alone. Based off on Allie's reaction to the situation, US citizens can handle these situations by standing up for them and respectfully acknowledging the immigrates language and culture and informing the scared citizens so they're less scared. 

In the second third of the novel Girl in Translation, Kimberly Chang, the main character, has a chance to go to a private school after she gets remarkable scores on her standardized testing. But, she knew that her mother couldn't afford to pay for Kimberly to go to private school so Kimberly never even mentioned this to her mother, which was nothing at this point because Kimberly had been keeping a lot from her mother about school, from grades and trouble to PTA meetings that she is supposed to have with the teacher and her mother. But, when Kimberly goes to her 6th-grade graduation with her mother, Kimberly learns that the school managed to get her a full scholarship to the private school that Kimberly's friend Annet, the frizzy-haired girl that has been Kimberly's American friend, allowing Kimberly to get the full education she needs. This means that Kimberly not only has an English tutor but she also has Library time with a teacher who helps her a lot. Those people instead of judging her, help her to understand certain things through Kimberly's own learning pace, for example, the first time that Kimberly went to her English tutor, the tutor asked Kimberly what they should start with, "She leaned back. 'What would help you the most?'" (Kwok 136). This shows that this American tutor is doing what she should, helping the student with what they are having trouble with and teaching them how to be better, no matter who the student is.

Anchee and her boyfriend Qigu buy a house that they plan to house tenants in. One of the homeless people wandering around the property ends up lighting it on fire. The house was already a fixer-upper and now they have to build it pretty much from scratch with no support and no insurance. Almost no main characters in the book are affected by Anchee’s immigration status or even mentioned for that matter. However, Anchee and Qigu cannot keep up with the repairs that tenants report. Broken and rotted windows and broken water pipes are unable to be fixed, primarily for lack of money on Anchees and Qigu’s part, "I felt a loss of face and resented Qigu when our tenants Maria and her brother didn't get their window fixed. they deserved a decent window; they were the only family who paid their rent on time. I would have done the job myself if I could have. if we could have afforded to hire someone, I would have."(Min, 176). Not only is Anchee disadvantaged by her immigration status but her inability to qualify for insurance and get stable jobs directly impacts her tenants. Pushing for better laws on insurance regarding immigration could be a way for U.S. citizens to help support others in that situation.

Nick In Strike Zone has a similar situation with financial problems, and not being able to buy a new baseball glove. Do you think insurance will ever be achieved in their life or will the problems get worse?