I enjoyed yesterday’s class and the presentation on Race and Ethnicity. I thought the group was perfectly constructed of all different types of people, which made for an authentic delivery of information.
I liked our group discussion of the different Critical Questions. My group had a great talk about Group Assimilation and the possibility for different positive outcomes from groups staying in their homogeneous culture. We thought a positive would be the idea of the culture appreciating their own upbringing and traditions. Also, it is a way to bring family together.
After the presentation, it’s clear that I feel the same way as the presenting group. People, not nature, create our identities. But, I do feel like "races" are real and a serious issue in the world today. In order to understand them, however, we must look into culture and social interaction rather than just biology.
It's so important to send a positive, accepting message to children about people being different. This diversity video teaches a simple song to children, to facilitate positive ethnic and racial identity development and awareness of global citizenship.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_BBEJYpumLU
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