Multicultural

After reading Chelsea and Stacey’s paper, as well as going over their power point and taking their quiz; I realized just how far we are from equal rights. A few weeks ago when the class went over some of the major equal rights acts in history, I understood that we were not even close to everyone having equal opportunities, after reading this I feel that we are much further behind than I thought before. I did not score very well on the quiz, and a lot of the answers were very disturbing to me. It is not fair that individuals from different back grounds, who work just as hard and have been through just as much as the other, do not have the same advantages.
The positive of all this, is that it is in our (educators) hands. Though there will be a lot of influence from home and the environment, we are the people that can bring different diversities together to work as a team. We can help students see that everyone is equal, and that everyone is different in their own ways. By creating an environment in the classroom that promotes understanding and learning from their peers, students will understand and have an appreciation for each other as well as their cultures, diversity, and gender.
I loved the paragraph in Chelsea and Stacy’s paper on “transformation.” It is imperative that educators look at all students as equals, and not give special attention. It was shocking to me in the quiz that 53% of faculty is the cause of homophobic remarks in schools. If all educators can change, then it will be a great start to a long process that will improve attitudes of individuals towards different diversities. If the nation is to change, then it needs to start in the classroom with unbiased opinions. I think it would be a good idea to have a checklist, or the list of objectives that Chelsea and Stacy had. It would be a good reminder to keep their own opinions to themselves and treat all the students as equals.
Students who have an opportunity to be with educators that are equal and allow them to work with a wide variety of different individuals, will have a better understanding and appreciation of others beliefs and ideas. This will hopefully someday lead to a nation that is equal for everyone, and ideas and beliefs can be judged by opinions and not color, gender, or background.