Reflective Essay On Diversity

Before this class I have thought about diversity quite a bit. In the classes I took in high school diversity was frequently talked about. I have also thought about diversity independently on occasion. Although I have thought about diversity before, this class definitely has improved my understanding on the topic. I have often thought about my own identity, but always struggled to identify myself. My bubble mostly consists of just me. In general I only speak to people if they speak to me first, including my family and friends. Throughout my life I have never had a group of friends to identify with, I rarely made friends due to the fact that I never speak to new people and all the friends I have had were never friends with each other. Most people …show more content…
I think this because my skin is white and both of my parents are white, therefore I am white. Being white has probably had a pretty large impact on my life, but I am not really sure what these impacts exactly are. It is hard to tell what in my life would have changed if I was not born white, since I have always been white. I have had many friends who are not white, but we never brought up that we did not have the same skin color or race related issues. I am also part of the middle class, which is another majority group. Being in this group seems to have a larger impact on my life. Since I was born middle class I would have been fortunate enough to attend college, even if i did not get any scholarships. Being born into the middle class means that you have an advantage over anyone that was born in the lower class, even if that advantage is as simple as the public education received. I would probably be considered an outsider to most christians, since I do not attend church anymore. I would agree that I am no longer a christian, although I still believe that there in God. Even though christians try to make the world a better place, I think that this majority group is more destructive than productive. Although they do not realize it, resisting gay marriage and other social changes creates violence and hatred in our