Journal One The expectations that I had about this class before it started are very different from what it has actually been like. I expected to have a textbook that explored the distinct characteristics of each race and ethnicity just like we had in my diversity class as an undergraduate student. Within the first thirty minutes of class Dr. Love explained why we would not be using a book like that. I had never stopped to think about how books set up in that fashion just help to perpetuate stereotypes that are held about different races and ethnicities. I also never thought about how even if you do memorize the “appropriate ways to interact with different races” and are very mindful about these facts while interacting with others it would
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L. Moya and Hazel Rose Markus. The message of this introductory essay was that our entire society is set up in a way that does race. I was already aware of many of the points that this essay made from my previous Sociology and Social Psychology classes in previous semesters. I thought that because of this I was more socially aware than most of the impacts of racism in housing, medicine, sports and the media. I was also aware that race is not in our DNA. If I’m being honest, I thought these few facts that I knew was enough. I never stopped to consider that learning about diversity is a lifelong process that requires a lot of self-reflection, empathy and perspective taking. This essay brought up so many points that I had never considered before that made me realize that I am still unaware of many facets of …show more content…
The book Why are all the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria by B.D. Tatum introduced definitions of the terms prejudice and racism. They defined prejudice as the attitudes, beliefs and opinions that one holds about people who are different from themselves. For example, a black person can be prejudiced against a white person and a white person can also be prejudiced against a black person. Racism was defined as a system of oppression. As the Markus and Moya introduction pointed out that many systems in America are set up to benefit white people and to work against people of color. This has become so ingrained in the culture that many people may not even realize when they are doing race, like me when I was driving through my mom’s
L. Moya and Hazel Rose Markus. The message of this introductory essay was that our entire society is set up in a way that does race. I was already aware of many of the points that this essay made from my previous Sociology and Social Psychology classes in previous semesters. I thought that because of this I was more socially aware than most of the impacts of racism in housing, medicine, sports and the media. I was also aware that race is not in our DNA. If I’m being honest, I thought these few facts that I knew was enough. I never stopped to consider that learning about diversity is a lifelong process that requires a lot of self-reflection, empathy and perspective taking. This essay brought up so many points that I had never considered before that made me realize that I am still unaware of many facets of …show more content…
The book Why are all the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria by B.D. Tatum introduced definitions of the terms prejudice and racism. They defined prejudice as the attitudes, beliefs and opinions that one holds about people who are different from themselves. For example, a black person can be prejudiced against a white person and a white person can also be prejudiced against a black person. Racism was defined as a system of oppression. As the Markus and Moya introduction pointed out that many systems in America are set up to benefit white people and to work against people of color. This has become so ingrained in the culture that many people may not even realize when they are doing race, like me when I was driving through my mom’s