Rodriguez Blog - Julia Butera

I admired Richard Rodriguez's goal to be seen as no one else besides "Richard Rodriquez". While we were watching the video in class this really stuck out to me. I think that labels, although might be necessary for some things, can be very overwhelming and can overshadow the person behind the label. Throughout this class we have talked very much about the stereotypes that society holds for various people and how this effects every individuals life, for better or for worse. I feel that this is what Richard tries to avoid. He explains how he lives a perfectly unique life and he doesn't want to be called himself anything but his name. 

Personally, I think Richard's individual ideology is super inspiration and I think that, although he is just sharing his story, many people are learning valuable lessons out of the way that he lives his life. I know that I don't want to live under anyone else's definition of something, which is something that I think Richard lives by as well. 

As anyone could say about any country, the American society is a very unique place. Our society impacts everyones life differently, which Rodriguez expands on in this interview that I found called "An American Life"

An American Life - Richard Rodriguez 

Honestly, this is just a really cool quote that I found by Rodriguez.