This reflective paper is aimed at providing details of the day spent at Seton Hill University with three renowned personalities from 16th, 17th and 18th century. For the purpose of this reflective essay, Suleiman I from 16th century, John Locke from 17th century and Catherine the great from 18th century have been selected. The paper will provide details of the responses of three personalities about race, gender and religion as they are dealt in today’s society.
On Monday morning as I was coming out from my English language class I was thinking about the topic that is to be discussed in the next literature class i.e. race, gender and religion. As I was passing through the corridor I saw, Suleiman I, the magnificent Ottoman Empire sultan near …show more content…
I went near him and greeted him pleasantly. I was aware of his mighty reign period and therefore an idea struck my mind to investigate him about his perception on race gender and religion. According to me, as he had been both a great ruler and conqueror, his thoughts would be of great assistance in making myself prepare for the upcoming class discussion. After the initial introductory section I asked him about his views and perceptions and what his perception remained throughout his victorious period about race, gender and religion. On being asked, he replied, inequality of gender has remained an issue during his time. He said gender discrimination is the main reason why the world is still far behind of exploring its actual potential (Davison, 2015). According to him overcoming gender discrimination can actually open many doors of opportunity for the world and that he is a strong believer and therefore his wife Harem, remained besides him at the court during the period of his reign. When I asked him about his perception about religion and race, he replied, religion is the code of life and that it teaches people harmony, peace and respect. He said, although people including him are …show more content…
There, my eyes were again blessed with the sight of one of the famous philosophers of history, John Locke. He was skimming the books in the philosophy section. In my astonishment, I greeted him and asked for his time. He turned out be a humble person and readily asked me what I wanted to know. I repeated the same question and asked him about his perceptions. He said that racism is a mere fragment of mind and that the people are obsessed by it, blindly following their false beliefs. He was on the opinion that racism should not be promoted and that the people are trapped into malicious beliefs due to false propagandas (Anstey, 2011). He added that race, religion and gender are just the basis of differentiation and that the people should not use it negatively or out of rage or hatred. He further added the boundaries of race; religion and gender lie in the mind of the people and that to promote peace, harmony and tolerance, these boundaries should be removed for the betterment, advancement and growth of the
On Monday morning as I was coming out from my English language class I was thinking about the topic that is to be discussed in the next literature class i.e. race, gender and religion. As I was passing through the corridor I saw, Suleiman I, the magnificent Ottoman Empire sultan near …show more content…
I went near him and greeted him pleasantly. I was aware of his mighty reign period and therefore an idea struck my mind to investigate him about his perception on race gender and religion. According to me, as he had been both a great ruler and conqueror, his thoughts would be of great assistance in making myself prepare for the upcoming class discussion. After the initial introductory section I asked him about his views and perceptions and what his perception remained throughout his victorious period about race, gender and religion. On being asked, he replied, inequality of gender has remained an issue during his time. He said gender discrimination is the main reason why the world is still far behind of exploring its actual potential (Davison, 2015). According to him overcoming gender discrimination can actually open many doors of opportunity for the world and that he is a strong believer and therefore his wife Harem, remained besides him at the court during the period of his reign. When I asked him about his perception about religion and race, he replied, religion is the code of life and that it teaches people harmony, peace and respect. He said, although people including him are …show more content…
There, my eyes were again blessed with the sight of one of the famous philosophers of history, John Locke. He was skimming the books in the philosophy section. In my astonishment, I greeted him and asked for his time. He turned out be a humble person and readily asked me what I wanted to know. I repeated the same question and asked him about his perceptions. He said that racism is a mere fragment of mind and that the people are obsessed by it, blindly following their false beliefs. He was on the opinion that racism should not be promoted and that the people are trapped into malicious beliefs due to false propagandas (Anstey, 2011). He added that race, religion and gender are just the basis of differentiation and that the people should not use it negatively or out of rage or hatred. He further added the boundaries of race; religion and gender lie in the mind of the people and that to promote peace, harmony and tolerance, these boundaries should be removed for the betterment, advancement and growth of the