The reading “Nascar’s Boy Wonder”, is extremely surprising and has so many different purposes to offer. I think a main purpose is to show how our society has a tendency to not accept different and hate the unfamiliar. When Jeff Gordon joined the race world and became a NASCAR champion he was not looked at like other champions like him. He was ridiculed for his bright-colored car or his young looking face and body. Credentials were also something that was not accepted in NASCAR. NASCAR heros are usually always classified as rough and intimidating. The men are also characterized as extremely manly and do not have educations. All of this was completely opposite of Jeff Gordon. Jeff Gordon came into NASCAR with MANY astonishing credentials. Something that really created a division within NASCAR fans was the youthful profile. Jeff Gordon was either hugely excepted or roundly rejected. After a while Jeff Gordon got unearned speculations that he was gay. Even though there was no evidence to support these speculations there became fan groups against Gordon where rude t-shirts and websites were made to show hate for the racer. Even after Jeff Gordon married his wife and also a model he was not done being accused for being gay. A divorce set a new spark to the fire and gave people even more momentum to accuse Jeff. Some studies have shown that Gordon’s image is projected for advertisements and other photo shoots. I think that this reading is very true and has a very good point and message. Our society does jump to conclusions when we encounter something different than the normal. I really loved the message because of this message and all of the informative things in it. This reading was very effective due to all the different statistics, quotes, studies and stories told. This article should be read by everyone because of the message it sends out to America.