I thought this lecture was interesting. There were three guest speakers – a white conservative man (Craig _____), a LGBT Hispanic woman (Sherriff Valdez), and a black man (Ashton Cumberbatch). Normally I would never point out race – that is not a big deal to me whatsoever. However, in this case I am. The three speakers gave excellent speeches about the justice system, understanding different cultures, and “getting comfortable with the uncomfortable” in regards to race issues.
Mr. Craig ____ opened my eyes about the justice system and how it has evolved and what it really is supposed to be there for and do. _____ was an excellent speaker, he gave many quotes that kept the crowd entertained in what he was saying. I thought it was interesting …show more content…
She really made an emphasis to tell us that, “What you’re saying and what is understood is two completely different things.” At first I didn’t really get what she meant, I sort of just brushed it off. She kept repeating it and then went on to further explain what she meant by telling us a story. She had told us how a Hispanic man came to America and didn’t know a lot of English. He was older and needed to go to the doctor, so he did. He was prescribed medicine that said “Take pill once a day, three times a day.” The old man got very sick after taking this medicine. All of the doctors thought he was trying to commit suicide; they were so confused as to why he took eleven pills! It turns out that eleven in Spanish is ‘once’; he thought he was supposed to take eleven pills three times a day! The story she told opened my eyes as to what she had meant by “What you’re saying and what is understood is two completely different things”.
The last speaker was Mr. Ashton Cumberbatch. Mr. Cumberbatch had a long list of incredibly things he has accomplished over the years. He went on to tell us how we “Needed to get comfortable talking about the uncomfortable.” He meant this in regards to racial issues. Mr. Cumberbatch went on to tell us how race was still such a huge issue nation-wide and gave us many examples of it. He had told us that in 1928 the city of Austin, TX wanted to …show more content…
Throughout Mr. Cumberbatch’s speech he blamed white people, and criticized white people for everything – saying how they were corrupt and the reason for the governments failures. Sherriff Valdez disagreed greatly with Mr. Cumberbatch. The two of them reacted professionally about the situation but I could see how much of a conflict it was. Sherriff Valdez even got up and left before The Eyes of Justice was even over because this it was so heated. I took away a valuable lesson from seeing this; it doesn’t matter how old or how experienced you are with this – racial issues are sensitive and different for everyone. It’s best to always be considerate of others and how it would make them
Mr. Craig ____ opened my eyes about the justice system and how it has evolved and what it really is supposed to be there for and do. _____ was an excellent speaker, he gave many quotes that kept the crowd entertained in what he was saying. I thought it was interesting …show more content…
She really made an emphasis to tell us that, “What you’re saying and what is understood is two completely different things.” At first I didn’t really get what she meant, I sort of just brushed it off. She kept repeating it and then went on to further explain what she meant by telling us a story. She had told us how a Hispanic man came to America and didn’t know a lot of English. He was older and needed to go to the doctor, so he did. He was prescribed medicine that said “Take pill once a day, three times a day.” The old man got very sick after taking this medicine. All of the doctors thought he was trying to commit suicide; they were so confused as to why he took eleven pills! It turns out that eleven in Spanish is ‘once’; he thought he was supposed to take eleven pills three times a day! The story she told opened my eyes as to what she had meant by “What you’re saying and what is understood is two completely different things”.
The last speaker was Mr. Ashton Cumberbatch. Mr. Cumberbatch had a long list of incredibly things he has accomplished over the years. He went on to tell us how we “Needed to get comfortable talking about the uncomfortable.” He meant this in regards to racial issues. Mr. Cumberbatch went on to tell us how race was still such a huge issue nation-wide and gave us many examples of it. He had told us that in 1928 the city of Austin, TX wanted to …show more content…
Throughout Mr. Cumberbatch’s speech he blamed white people, and criticized white people for everything – saying how they were corrupt and the reason for the governments failures. Sherriff Valdez disagreed greatly with Mr. Cumberbatch. The two of them reacted professionally about the situation but I could see how much of a conflict it was. Sherriff Valdez even got up and left before The Eyes of Justice was even over because this it was so heated. I took away a valuable lesson from seeing this; it doesn’t matter how old or how experienced you are with this – racial issues are sensitive and different for everyone. It’s best to always be considerate of others and how it would make them