Zach Chaudoir
English 1120
Matthew Goldberg
December 1, 2015
What Super Divers Communities Could Learn From Outcast United In the book Outcast United, by Warren St. John, we see how rapid demographic changes in Clarkston led to a vast array of culturally confusing and incendiary moments, but through the establishment of social connection became the training book for working with super diverse communities. The book focuses around an assortment of adolescent refugee boys brought together from an extensive arrangement of ethnic background through the game of soccer, and how their female coach, Luma Mufleh, impacted their lives and their families. This book guides us towards the inescapable truth that in order for super diverse communities to …show more content…
Acceptance for the refugees is finally and clearly shown by the chapter titled “Halloween.” While the locals will never fully relate to the refugees they do make a conscience effort and most develop an understanding of where the refugees came from and the type of adversity they faced there. This level of acceptance is most notably shown when a woman is startled to see, “dark-skinned faces and white eyes peering out from behind black plastic sheeting.”(260). She then recovered from the unexpected sight and extended a box full of candy through the doorway. Even though the woman was startled at first, she was able to see past the boys differences and treated them how she would any other child. Through this last portion of the book we learn the fugees don’t win the championship cup at the end of the season, but the personal growth the boys develop stretches fair beyond their season Through the efforts made by Luma and her team they created a network to help support the refugees and their families. This network helped the refugees to connect with one another and assisted in getting the resources that they needed.
The book Outcasts United, by Warren St. John, shows specific examples of how super diverse communities can succeed, regardless of the obstacles they face as long as they can find commonalities. We also discovered that rapid demographic changes lead to a wide variety of issues and possible escalated situation out of fear and ignorance. The book ultimately leads to the understanding that in order for any group or society to succeed regardless whether it is super diverse or not the humans within that community must find commonalities in which they can unite
English 1120
Matthew Goldberg
December 1, 2015
What Super Divers Communities Could Learn From Outcast United In the book Outcast United, by Warren St. John, we see how rapid demographic changes in Clarkston led to a vast array of culturally confusing and incendiary moments, but through the establishment of social connection became the training book for working with super diverse communities. The book focuses around an assortment of adolescent refugee boys brought together from an extensive arrangement of ethnic background through the game of soccer, and how their female coach, Luma Mufleh, impacted their lives and their families. This book guides us towards the inescapable truth that in order for super diverse communities to …show more content…
Acceptance for the refugees is finally and clearly shown by the chapter titled “Halloween.” While the locals will never fully relate to the refugees they do make a conscience effort and most develop an understanding of where the refugees came from and the type of adversity they faced there. This level of acceptance is most notably shown when a woman is startled to see, “dark-skinned faces and white eyes peering out from behind black plastic sheeting.”(260). She then recovered from the unexpected sight and extended a box full of candy through the doorway. Even though the woman was startled at first, she was able to see past the boys differences and treated them how she would any other child. Through this last portion of the book we learn the fugees don’t win the championship cup at the end of the season, but the personal growth the boys develop stretches fair beyond their season Through the efforts made by Luma and her team they created a network to help support the refugees and their families. This network helped the refugees to connect with one another and assisted in getting the resources that they needed.
The book Outcasts United, by Warren St. John, shows specific examples of how super diverse communities can succeed, regardless of the obstacles they face as long as they can find commonalities. We also discovered that rapid demographic changes lead to a wide variety of issues and possible escalated situation out of fear and ignorance. The book ultimately leads to the understanding that in order for any group or society to succeed regardless whether it is super diverse or not the humans within that community must find commonalities in which they can unite