Black, White or Blended
It Does Not Matter
Bullying Is Predominant In Schools
What do you think is going on when you send your child or children to school? Do you think that there is racism driven bullying? Sometimes parents aren’t even aware of the both violent and verbal attack designated towards their child because of their fears, diminishing self-esteem and confidence to communicate their qualms. Imagine yourself being them, in this generation where social media controls society, technology and so many ethnic slurs that hurt people every day. Visualise you being the odd one out in a large crowd not feeling accepted in your local community.
Have you ever heard of the TV Show ‘The Family Law’ or the Movie ‘Looking for Alibrandi’? If so, …show more content…
Mainly because there are so many people who stereotype others because of their race, background, history, beliefs, religion, traditions and culture. It is a fact that one in five school children living in Australia experience racism every day. In an article online, there are some children from different cultures who tell stories about their school life (Minter, 2016). An Asian boy, named Simon says how he is the “first Asian” enrolled in a Christian school. “Simon finds the school children hostile and unwelcoming” and that he feels the glares of them “staring” at him and being “set up for ridicule.” He speaks of his first experience in the playground with other students coming up to him asking innocent questions like “Are you from Japan?” and then attacking and embarrassing questions like “Do you cook dog?” As you can see by his story he feels like he is not “accepted” by peers at school and feels like he is different from the others which makes him feel upset. It’s best to accept everyone no matter what culture they come from because we are not all the same. Most people are frightened of other people’s ethnic backgrounds and believe that because a few muslin people are violent and kill people and themselves for no reason other than their beliefs, means all muslins are like that. Accepting other people and their ethnic background will bring us one step closer to a more …show more content…
We all loved to play and be with people our own age. In a blog about a beautiful true story, there was a new girl in grade 1 named Sarah. She went to a local suburban primary school and was an African refugee. She met many friends on her first day, and one of those friends was named Emma. Emma had a birthday party the upcoming weekend and wanted to invite Sarah. She asked her mother and described what Sarah looked like with her “wearing red ribbons in her hair and was taller than the rest of the kids.” When Emma’s mother picked her up from school she saw the girl Emma described and knew it was her. Her skin was black, but to all the other kids it was irrelevant and Heidi, Emma’s mother didn’t mind. She loved how they were getting along. In the playground one day they were comparing the skin of everyone’s arms. There was “one white, one black, and one with freckles.” Everyone didn’t mind and loved hanging around eachother (Ruckriegel, 2013). As we grow up though we are all moulded by our upbringings by parental beliefs and other people who impact our lives. People only know what they have been brought up to do. For example, if you are living in an abusive household you may think that it is okay and become abusive as
It Does Not Matter
Bullying Is Predominant In Schools
What do you think is going on when you send your child or children to school? Do you think that there is racism driven bullying? Sometimes parents aren’t even aware of the both violent and verbal attack designated towards their child because of their fears, diminishing self-esteem and confidence to communicate their qualms. Imagine yourself being them, in this generation where social media controls society, technology and so many ethnic slurs that hurt people every day. Visualise you being the odd one out in a large crowd not feeling accepted in your local community.
Have you ever heard of the TV Show ‘The Family Law’ or the Movie ‘Looking for Alibrandi’? If so, …show more content…
Mainly because there are so many people who stereotype others because of their race, background, history, beliefs, religion, traditions and culture. It is a fact that one in five school children living in Australia experience racism every day. In an article online, there are some children from different cultures who tell stories about their school life (Minter, 2016). An Asian boy, named Simon says how he is the “first Asian” enrolled in a Christian school. “Simon finds the school children hostile and unwelcoming” and that he feels the glares of them “staring” at him and being “set up for ridicule.” He speaks of his first experience in the playground with other students coming up to him asking innocent questions like “Are you from Japan?” and then attacking and embarrassing questions like “Do you cook dog?” As you can see by his story he feels like he is not “accepted” by peers at school and feels like he is different from the others which makes him feel upset. It’s best to accept everyone no matter what culture they come from because we are not all the same. Most people are frightened of other people’s ethnic backgrounds and believe that because a few muslin people are violent and kill people and themselves for no reason other than their beliefs, means all muslins are like that. Accepting other people and their ethnic background will bring us one step closer to a more …show more content…
We all loved to play and be with people our own age. In a blog about a beautiful true story, there was a new girl in grade 1 named Sarah. She went to a local suburban primary school and was an African refugee. She met many friends on her first day, and one of those friends was named Emma. Emma had a birthday party the upcoming weekend and wanted to invite Sarah. She asked her mother and described what Sarah looked like with her “wearing red ribbons in her hair and was taller than the rest of the kids.” When Emma’s mother picked her up from school she saw the girl Emma described and knew it was her. Her skin was black, but to all the other kids it was irrelevant and Heidi, Emma’s mother didn’t mind. She loved how they were getting along. In the playground one day they were comparing the skin of everyone’s arms. There was “one white, one black, and one with freckles.” Everyone didn’t mind and loved hanging around eachother (Ruckriegel, 2013). As we grow up though we are all moulded by our upbringings by parental beliefs and other people who impact our lives. People only know what they have been brought up to do. For example, if you are living in an abusive household you may think that it is okay and become abusive as