Both essays point out that education will make people free from personal and external barriers. Malcolm Alexie makes the same point in his essay: “If he had been anything other than an Indian boy living on a reservation, he might have been called a prodigy” (Alexie). I insisted on the fact that both authors underlined the fact that because of one's appearance one is judged, for better or for worse. During Malcolm Education has also fallen victim to profiling. Ghettos and smaller, low-income areas would have suffered, especially when it came to education funding. This creates the stigma that the uneducated are ignorant and destined for a life of dealing drugs and other contraband. Malcolm As soon as