Richard Rodriguez(1944-) one of America's most celebrated essayist and journalist. For the last two decades,Rodriguez has been examining the meaning of class,ethnicity and race in America and in his life. In Hunger of Memory:The Education of Richard Rodriguez(1982),he talks about his own experience as a "minority"and shares his provocative views on bilingual education.He disagrees bilingual education (the practice of teaching immigrant children in the language of their families).Richard Rodriguez (1944- ) • one of America’s most celebrated essayist and journalist. • For the last two decades, Rodriguez has been examining the meaning of class, ethnicity and race in America and in his life. • In Hunger of Memory: The Education of Richard Rodriguez (1982), he talks about his own experience as a “minority” and shares his provocative views on bilingual education. He disagrees bilingual education (the practice of teaching immigrant children in the language of their families)