Log 1
Nancy Mickelson
Dynamics of Racism & Oppression
Simmons School of Social Work
Log 1 Week 4 Self reflection recording exercise: I looked back at the questions I had answered and then reviewed the recording I had made in response to the questions. What I had heard from myself was more than I expected. I heard that I didn 't view myself as a racist or view people as different by their color or where they come from. I proudly used my age as an excuse to put my racial web of denial out there. I believed that I was a good person when I thought about the topic of racial discrimination and the thought process that I was perhaps different.
When I watched …show more content…
In week two, we started with our lens check. I love this part of class because it just amazes me how much racism and oppression I witness every day. I thought I would not hear much about it because I think in a way I must have become numb to it. Imagine my surprise when I turned on the TV and the first thing I see is a piece done about racism in the 70 's on my favorite show Madam Secretary. I couldn 't wait to talk about it in class that week.
A most memorable learning experience for me was the TED talk called "The Danger of a Single Story" by: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. This woman 's journey to me was remarkable. She talks about how she found her cultural voice. The journey she had as a child of privilege in Africa, and her unlimited potential to do what she wanted with her life. She started writing stories, all aimed at the same characters she had read about in other books, not thinking she could write about her own culture; until one day she did just that. The story of her house boy who she had heard of as poor - only to find out they never acted like her vision, they made baskets and they were better off than she had imagined. Her own experiences with racism in college and how she overcame them and learned from them. This helped me see how I might view people perhaps a little differently than I had thought. Culturally, I need a little face lift myself to help me become more culturally
Nancy Mickelson
Dynamics of Racism & Oppression
Simmons School of Social Work
Log 1 Week 4 Self reflection recording exercise: I looked back at the questions I had answered and then reviewed the recording I had made in response to the questions. What I had heard from myself was more than I expected. I heard that I didn 't view myself as a racist or view people as different by their color or where they come from. I proudly used my age as an excuse to put my racial web of denial out there. I believed that I was a good person when I thought about the topic of racial discrimination and the thought process that I was perhaps different.
When I watched …show more content…
In week two, we started with our lens check. I love this part of class because it just amazes me how much racism and oppression I witness every day. I thought I would not hear much about it because I think in a way I must have become numb to it. Imagine my surprise when I turned on the TV and the first thing I see is a piece done about racism in the 70 's on my favorite show Madam Secretary. I couldn 't wait to talk about it in class that week.
A most memorable learning experience for me was the TED talk called "The Danger of a Single Story" by: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. This woman 's journey to me was remarkable. She talks about how she found her cultural voice. The journey she had as a child of privilege in Africa, and her unlimited potential to do what she wanted with her life. She started writing stories, all aimed at the same characters she had read about in other books, not thinking she could write about her own culture; until one day she did just that. The story of her house boy who she had heard of as poor - only to find out they never acted like her vision, they made baskets and they were better off than she had imagined. Her own experiences with racism in college and how she overcame them and learned from them. This helped me see how I might view people perhaps a little differently than I had thought. Culturally, I need a little face lift myself to help me become more culturally