The memoir, The Jew Store, told by Stella Suberman provides an insightful perspective into what it was like moving to a new place where her family was in the minority during a time of highly prevalent prejudice against the Jewish population. It recalls the time that her family moved from the North, where Jews more commonly resided, to a small town in Tennessee where Jews were highly discriminated against. It explains the struggles her family went through, especially the women of the family, trying to assimilate into this new community while still trying to hold onto their true identity. The reader really gets a sense of the conflict that arose between trying to assimilate to their new environment and trying to stay true to their own culture such as when Stella’s older sister starts dating a Gentile, which conflicts with their mom’s wishes of them marrying a Jew. Stella’s mother has a hard time dealing with the fact that she cannot raise her children as traditionally Jewish as she would like. Nonetheless, despite discrimination her family faced, her father was still able to run a successful business. This shows that with hard work and perseverance, even discrimination cannot stop you from being successful. Coming from a Chinese background, I can relate to Stella to a certain degree. Of course, I do not live in a town where I am the only person of Chinese descent but at times I still feel like I need to overcome certain obstacles related to stereotypes that those of Caucasian backgrounds do not need to. Unfortunately, since your ethnicity and race are the most prevalent feature about you and is typically what someone judges you off of, it is hard to avoid being categorized and labeled with having certain characteristics and traits. Although at times it has made joining certain activities or completing certain tasks a lot more complicated than it should, I am still able to accomplish them even though it might be a little bit more difficult and take a little longer than someone else. Through Stella’s father, it has shown me that your ethnicity, race, and religion is something that you have no control over and should never be the thing that stops you from achieving your goals because in the end hard work can overcome any obstacle.