Culture Limitations
Amy Tan admits that language is a big impediment to many non-natural born Americans like her. She thought her mother’s broken English had almost an effect on limiting possibilities in her life as well. This is well highlighted when her boss dissuaded her from venturing into writing as he assumed her English was not good enough. He thought accounting was ideal for her as she was of Asian descent. Her performance too, at school was highly affected by the limited English. She rarely scored well in English as mathematics and sciences. The bias generated towards many of her Continue reading...
