Reflection On Gender Stereotypes Of African Americans

As a rather diverse culture we need to be more sensitive and aware of the underlining tones of outcast that non-dominant members of society endure. A person near and dear to me shared a bad day at work at a non-profit health company that is ever expanding. As an icebreaker or warm up activity to engage the staff members in a professional development seminar for equity all participants were to create a profile on one of those ancestry heritage websites and to share their finding about their true nationality. People were excited to find out the percentages of their pedigree, I am ¾ this and ¼ that… When it came time for my loved one to share she said she couldn’t even get past the last name search for an authentic last name match as an African American all she knew was her grandmothers first and last name. …show more content…
I can’t help but to recall my own awkward experience I’m sure we have all faced as a non-dominant member of a dominant group and vice versa. On the topic of ethnicity as it relates to dominant and non-dominant group members I would like to draw attention to the repeated images of slavery for school aged children in our diverse schools and the negative stigma those dark and defeated images may play on young children’s psyches. It has never settled with me that such discrimination and disregard for a group of people could be carried out for so long even in subliminal ways of communicating. The idea of being self-aware is one of the most meaningful pieces of advice mentioned in