Analyse af Anand Giridharadas' tale 'A tale of two Americas'

A tale of two Americas. And the mini-mart where they collided – [NAVN A] 3D

The American dream, doesn’t it sound nice? Everyone wants to be successful and earn a lot of money, but not everyone can contain this certain success in their life. Once people get the chance to become successful, they grab it and take it. In 2015, Anand Giridharadas held a TED talk speech, where he criticized the two sides of America that have been created through the generations. One side is working constantly every single day and night, meanwhile, the other side isn’t working as hard and is relying on their white native American privilege. After the terrorist attack, the 9th of September, the view and opinions of Muslims have significantly changed.

“A tale of two Americas. And the mini-mart where they collided” is a speech by Anand Giridharadas who’s an American writer of Indian descent. He’s a former columnist for The New York Times, and he’s an author – who’s known for his writing on India and its people.

The speech takes place in Dallas mini-mart, where a pale, tattooed man asks an Indian immigrant, where he’s from. “Where are you from?” said the pale, tattooed man. “Where are you from?” (l. 1 p. 1). Mark Stroman, who is an American native, one day went into Dallas mini-mart and shot Raisuddin in his face with a shotgun in revenge for 9/11 - Thankfully he survived the attack against Stroman. “Where are you from?” he asks. “Excuse me?” Raisuddin answers. His accent betrays him. The tattooed man, a self-styled true American vigilante, shoots Raisuddin in revenge for 9/11.” (l. 10-12 p. 1).