Professional Hope and Goal

The one hope that I have when I think about working with children and families from diverse background is to be competent in my understanding of what their culture background consist of.

The goal that I have for the children and families is that they feel safe and comfortable within their surrounding and classroom environment.  

I will like to thank my colleagues for all their views and opinion throughout this course. I really enjoyed reading and learned a lot from what they had to say regarding diversity, equity, and social justice. 

 

 

The country that I chose to focus on is Afghanistan.

The first thing that I would do is to research the family background. Secondly I would have an interpreter present to assist them with their communication skills. Third, I would invite the parent to the classroom to assist in setting up a part of the classroom based on their culture value, and beliefs. Fourth thing that I would do to prepare for the family is to have the family on in and share their family background with the other children within the classroom. And finally I could label the different things in the classroom in their language.

These steps will help to make the family feel welcome. It will also let the family know that I am willing to embrace their culture.  

Bias, Prejudice, and Oppression

The Personal Side of Bias, Prejudice, and Oppression

          I can recall a time when I experienced a form of prejudice even though it was in the form of a movie. As I recall the events that occurred in the movie “Roots” it made me feel uneasy and somewhat angry even though I was not the actual target at that time. While watching the movies I knew that as an African American if the people before me have not went through what they experienced in the past then it would be even harder for me now. What happen to them as an African American race has lessened as a result of their ridicule, humiliations, and torment. Even though there is still some form of bias, prejudice and or oppression around, society have to change the way they view other race or ethnic groups.