So I guess this is the last blog of the quarter, it’s been interesting and has really forced me to think. More specifically, think about issues and sensitive topics that we face today. Issues that I’ve always just ignored, I’ve had my own agenda, bills to pay, homework to do, sleep to get, family to support, it’s easy to find the excuse of being too busy to find the time for reading up on these issues and educating yourself on them. I’ve learned that it’s my responsibility to educate myself on problems that don’t just impa
ct me. So I will be doing this, in many forms.
I would say I have learned a lot this quarter in terms of being more educated on the issues we have of race and why they exist. I can’t really describe anything I’ve learned in details, I’ve been given a lot to think about. One thing I did notice, and I’m not sure if it’s good or bad, but I’ve ever thought about race or color as much in my life as I have in this class. I mean I grew up and spent many years of my life as a minority, not knowing the language or culture of the people I had to go to school with, eat lunch with, be neighbors with. For me I’ve always looked at people for whats under the skin, if I don’t like someone it’s because of actions, words spoken. But I’m realizing that there is more to it than just not judging someone or feeling differently about someone due to the color of their skin, it’s a much more complex and deeper issue than that so I need to
take the initiative to be more active in educating myself.