Racism & discrimination: Will they disappear in the future?
By Keisha Adamson-Kogle
EDI 600 Psychological Foundation of Education
School of Education
Long Island University, C. W. Post
February 25, 2009
What was fascinating for me in today’s class is how much we learnt about each others ethnicities and culture. I think in completing that cross-over activity was very successful informatively. We all learnt about each others culture and the misconceptions that one might have about each ethnicity and or culturally. Discrimination does in some shape or form places a strain on ones learning, because of the negative effect that it has on some people. It can ruin your confidence and self esteem and I think each individual has something negative or positive to say about another ethnicity or their cultural values.
I know for me, my race has been ridiculed, enslaved and treated unfairly for more than two centuries. Though for me discrimination does not place a barrier on my learning, for others it might and that includes children especially if the family values are not strong enough or there is no one to motivate and encourage them. For my race we have endured a lot considerably. However, as we attempted to bring clarity to those misconceptions, we are a race that is resilient, hard working, intelligent and most of all proud of our heritage, accomplishments and to where we are today.
The video, a class divided showed how influenced children can be. All it took was a simple experiment to establish a sense of how hurtful discrimination can be for another race or ethnicity. Those children felt unappreciated, an outcast, sad, mad because of the things they had to endure when labeled. That film really touched the core of my soul..........and to think discrimination was not something they were actually and physically experiencing on a daily basis because of who they were or the color of their skin; what about those that actually faced it. How do they feel? It leaves your pondering; this stigma will never go away. There is always going to be some form of discrimination towards someone or group of people. I think as a society we have learned and have adapted to co-habitating with each other and because of that, we have more or less learned how to socialize and accept each ethnicity for who they are.
Long Island University, C. W. Post
February 25, 2009
What was fascinating for me in today’s class is how much we learnt about each others ethnicities and culture. I think in completing that cross-over activity was very successful informatively. We all learnt about each others culture and the misconceptions that one might have about each ethnicity and or culturally. Discrimination does in some shape or form places a strain on ones learning, because of the negative effect that it has on some people. It can ruin your confidence and self esteem and I think each individual has something negative or positive to say about another ethnicity or their cultural values.
I know for me, my race has been ridiculed, enslaved and treated unfairly for more than two centuries. Though for me discrimination does not place a barrier on my learning, for others it might and that includes children especially if the family values are not strong enough or there is no one to motivate and encourage them. For my race we have endured a lot considerably. However, as we attempted to bring clarity to those misconceptions, we are a race that is resilient, hard working, intelligent and most of all proud of our heritage, accomplishments and to where we are today.
The video, a class divided showed how influenced children can be. All it took was a simple experiment to establish a sense of how hurtful discrimination can be for another race or ethnicity. Those children felt unappreciated, an outcast, sad, mad because of the things they had to endure when labeled. That film really touched the core of my soul..........and to think discrimination was not something they were actually and physically experiencing on a daily basis because of who they were or the color of their skin; what about those that actually faced it. How do they feel? It leaves your pondering; this stigma will never go away. There is always going to be some form of discrimination towards someone or group of people. I think as a society we have learned and have adapted to co-habitating with each other and because of that, we have more or less learned how to socialize and accept each ethnicity for who they are.
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