Module 3: Discussion 2-- Comparing And Contrasting Douglass And Munoz

HYPERLINK "https://barry.instructure.com/courses/1590521/users/6196384" \o "Author's name" Kristal ThomasWednesdaySep 11 at 7:43pmManage Discussion EntryMunoz and Douglass confronted potential erasure of their cultures because their ethnic group was treated unfairly in the country they resided in. Munoz saw Anglicization as a reason why native Mexican names were becoming more uncommon and Spanish being a language that was mostly used privately. Douglass was taken from his mother as an infant and raised as a slave that knew nothing about his family or culture.As an immigrant, Munoz saw how Mexicans were treated in America as their native names were often changed to American versions for easier pronunciation, with most people not even considering how they removed the meaning of a native name for their own convenience. As a slave who lived in America before the Civil Rights Movement, Douglass was not allowed to have free will and lived his life in servitude to people that viewed his people as an inferior, unintelligent race.Munoz and Douglass both dealt with people regarding them only for their ethnicity and not for their personality or character. However, Munoz was a citizen of the US that was free to travel, work, earn an education and more. Douglass did not