Pressure to Cover

Yoshino gives several examples of people in America discriminated against for having ideas outside of the mainstream. The examples given all point to the idea of mainstream being white, Christian, straight, and male. The case examples given are all people who, for one reason or another, don’t fit the mainstream stereotype, weather it’s for a reason they can help or not. The idea that mainstream is a myth is not something I agree with, Yoshino gives conflicting points, the examples given are said to not be in the mainstream, but if there is no mainstream how can this be? Being Black, or fluent in Spanish or a pregnant woman, or a lesbian, or Jewish, are not considered in the mainstream, and are all minority groups that get overshadowed by the white, English speaking, straight, Christian men in America. A mainstream does in fact exist, and it’s something that begs the question of how accepting of a country America really is.