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     Everybody is different despite which culture theyre from, religion they practice session or beliefs they accept as true. Finding one person of your same culture, practicing your same religion and believing all the exact, same ideas as you do is lots impossible. There are always a few factors that make you different from this person, and this idea is acceptable to most. Why then, if one found they were almost identical in thoughts and feelings as another individual, but found that this individual was of a different race, would this be considered unacceptable? There lingers an aroma of ignorance and naive ness around a few that make it so theyre blinded to the idea that a difference in ethnic backgrounds does not make a person humble or superior. If one were to be categorized as inferior or superior, it would have to be based on their actions whether it be wrong doings or accomplishments. The main characters in this story are a generation of mothers and the ir daughters. This story is told in sections as a narrative, where each chapter is recounted by a different woman. The mothers announce of their experiences growing up down the stairs the strict conditions in China. They told of how their marriages were predetermined and how they had to do as any male ordered. The daughters, on the other hand, being raised under American ways, told of their hardships with pressure given to them by their mothers. They spoke of American husbands, equality between both sexes, and how theyd rather believe that their futures could indeed be controlled.      This fiction being reviewed for recommendation in minority studies is The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan, where the minority groups being presented are both the Chinese Gelman paginate 2and women. The view seen of women in the United States is that of a arise class once always under the wing of a male, but in the present day, rising to achieve equality. The view seen of Chinese wo men though, still remains that they are being held in the males shadow. Reading scores and math scores for minority students are falling further behind those of white students (Heartland Institute). This is from a report taken in the United States, which could be applied to China as well. There, though, simply the women are the minority, instead of all Chinese. The Chinese men got the better educations,... ... get across to the youth before they have a mind of their own, theyd notice not to even notice the color of ones skin, but to look only into their eyes, which is a doorway to what the mind thinks, the heart feels and the body experiences. Gelman Page 6BibliographyHarts War. Dir. Gregory Hoblit. With Bruce Willis, Colin Farrell, Terrence Dashon Howard, Vicellous Reon Shannon, Cole Hauser, Rory Cochrane and Marcel Iures. MGM, 2001.McAlister, Linda Lopez. The Joy Luck Club A Film Review. The Womens Show. WMNF-FM (88.5). Tampa, FL. 02 Oct. 1993.RARA Foundation. Minority Role Mo dels.     n.d n.pag. On-line. Internet. 21 Feb. 2002      available WWW HYPERLINK "http//www.minrm.com/index.html" http//www.minrm.com/index.html The Heartland Institute School Reform News. Minority Academic Progress Falters.     Jan. 1997 n.pag. On-line. Internet. 21 Feb. 2002     Available WWW http//www.heartland.org/education/jan97/minority.html     Tan, Amy. The Joy Luck Club. Maine Thorndike, 1989