Cofer – the Myth of the Latin Woman: I Just Met a Girl Named Maria

As Judith Ortiz Cofer says in her essay mixed cultural signals drive perpetuated certain stereotypes (49). Since whatsoeverthing coffin nail be natural in a set culture and offensive in a nonher, it is swooning to find a flesh of behaves that are misunderstood. This misunderstood is what promotes the existence of detriment. The stereotypes should be ignored and forgotten by good deal. Each individual should be judge by its work and personality, and not by its clothes, physical appearance or place of origin.People should come better about distinct culture before believe in stereotypes. As a Brazilian womanhood (and in that respectfore Latina). I can talk about the stereotype created about women from my country. Brazil is known for its association football team, carnival, and beautiful women. It seems nice characteristic to be identified with. Although, those characteristics perplex people believe that in Brazil the women are al counsellings or at least most of the time nak ed. Brazilian girls are believed to be easy ones, because they kiss in the mouth on the first date.In some countries (as the ones in Europe) people also believe the Brazilian women that move to there are all prostitutes. Those and much more related kind of stereotypes make the Brazilian women to endure a lot prejudice not notwithstanding as a Latin solely also as a Brazilian. It is very sad to know that people are so influence satisfactory but that is how it is. And it is very difficult to pitch such an old composition that is tie to the peoples mind. But we should not give up of the transformation.Cofer emphasizes that we cannot change this (the myth of Latina as whore, domestic or criminal) by legislating the way people look at us. The transformation, as I see it, has to legislate at a much more individual level (56). I fully endorse her idea about the change be do in an individual level. I believe that each Latin woman should try show with her own example of life and behave that the stereotypically idea that people have about Latinas is wrong.We must show them that we are misinterpreted because of the discrepancy between our cultures. Something that is natural to me can be vulgar to someone else. That is wherefore we should try to clarify our culture. We should make people understand it better and inhabit make judgment based on stereotypes. I assume that prejudice comes from the unknown. If a person knows more about the differences, he/she would be able to understand it better. And maybe the pattern created by the media and folklore about the Latinas would not be so easy accepted as a true.