Junot Diaz

Diaz is particularly intriguing to me. At first read to me all we see is a kid who is telling us how to get laid but calls it "How to date". But in harsh reality I think Diaz is depicting what our society is today and how hegemonic powers influence us currently. This story truly grasps what powers can do to the everyday person and exactly how influential they are to our youth. We can look to the boy hiding the cheese in the beginning because the girl is coming over. Due to him being poor he knows that the girl of upper class would look down on him and remember first impressions are everything remember? What also plays into the hegemonic powers is the fact that this piece is strictly stereotyping something that a lot of people do and also the most uneducated do even more so. Because white people have always been in power racism and prejudice has developed into this power structure. This adds to why the boy is so interested in the white girl because she is almost the absolute good in his eyes she is perfect and has fair skin. The boy is also probably hitting puberty or just got done with it and this can be the most influential part of a persons life. He is most influenced by his friends hence why he has to call them after he has sex. This is his ultimate goal because of his environment his upbringing and most likely although not mentioned, media sources. I feel like this kid is any of us if we were as uneducated as him. Knowledge is power.