The final good bye of 6164

This course on diversity has been a real eye opening course for me. I never realized that I was so close minded on so many things when it comes to diversity and people that are different than myself. One hope that I have when working with children and families from diverse backgrounds is that I will be open minded to their cultural and have the knowledge necessary to relate to them. A goal that I would like to set is to be as knowledgeable as possible when dealing with diverse backgrounds and to not assume that a person is this way or that way because of their backgrounds.


It has been a great 8 weeks. I have learned a lot from each of my colleagues and professor. I never thought much on what diversity entailed until this course. I thank each of you for your great insights and wish each of you the best as we continue to run this race that has been set before us. Best wishes and I hope to work with each of you in the future!

A family from another Country...

The country that I have chosen is Korea. The child that will be joining the early childhood setting is a three year old little girl. I know nothing of Korea so I will have to research the culture in order to prepare myself for this new little student.

The five ways that I will prepare myself for this new student:

1) The main thing is to prepare myself by studying and trying to learn all I can about Korea and the culture there.
2) I will prepare my classroom so that it is welcoming and has pictures of different cultures including Korea so that the child will feel more comfortable.
3) I will create a questionaire to ask the family so that I am sure to not offend the family or child by unknowing microaggressions.
4) I will prepare my other students by explaing different cultures to them so they will be able to adapt to the changes.
5) I will make the family feel welcome by explaining to them the program and giving them a time to help me understand their culture so that it will be an easy transition for the child as well as the family.

I hope that these preperations will help me to be open minded and welcoming to the new student. I think that by preparing and researching the country and culture before hand will give me some lead way in knowing what to expect.

The Personal side of bia, prejudice, and Operession

One of the first experiences that I remember with prejudice and oppression was a few years ago. I was in church with my family. My cousin was there with her husband who is from Guatemala. This elderly woman said in a loud voice, "Who is that  black man sitting back there." My cousin and her husband were not sure how to respond to the elderly lady. Another lady in the church tried to explain to this lady that my cousin's husband was Guatemalan. The lady had no clue about other cultures that were different from whites and blacks. Her lack of understanding of other cultures really made the situation awkward. My cousin's husband did not feel oppressed by the comment but the rest of the people felt oppressed since in today's world we would think that people were more accepting of diverse cultures and relationships.