Reflection Log 3 - Multicultural Education

This class empowered me to go beyond feeling uncomfortable by discrimination and antilocution. Simply not doing those acts yourself, while still allowing it, still does a lot of damage. I have to stand up against acts like saying people are "acting white or black", and so do others. Society should not have set views on someone based on any ism, and it will take a lot of effort and action to combat those views that have dominated society for so long.

But I have realized that no change will come in any person's view unless each who has a vision of a better world, where each person is viewed for themselves and not through any ism, works toward it. That means calling others out on their hurtful behavior that perpetuates set views of groupings of others, stereotypes and discrimination. This sort of action is especially needed for others to realize their ations, and how small jokes and avoiding types of people contribute to much larger views that end up holding others down.

I hate being viewed as my sex, ethnicity or anything else first. I am so much more than that, as we all are. So I have to work on not doing this to others, and taking action when others do so.