Freedom Writers

The three main concepts that I would say I saw in the movie Freedom Writers would be world view, othering, and racism. I thought this showed all of these things we had talked about in class.

            It showed world view I thought because all of the different kids had different word views. They all came from different backgrounds, and cultures. Where most of the kids grew up in a rough neighborhood in the projects to the white kid who was clueless to their culture. The teacher also had to change trying very hard to understand their world view because at first she really couldn’t relate. It was very cool because they all got to the point where they all had different cultures, but they all got along good.

            It also showed othering how the different ethnic groups would not accept each. They would jump each other, fight, steal, and just hated each other. At the end of the movie the one girl is a “traitor” when she tells the truth about a shooting that one of her friends did. So she finally did the right thing, and quit othering. They all towards the end were accepting of eachother.

            The movie also had a lot of racism in it. The best example would be the teacher’s dad. He was  very racist in the beginning, and told her not to waste her time or money on the kids. After he had helped her take them on some trips, and stuff he became very accepting. He saw that he had no reason to be racist. He learned that most of them were very nice respectable young adults.

            To conclude, I really enjoyed this movie, and think it had some very valuable lessons in it. It really drove home the points of world view, othering, and racism for me. We all need to be accepting of each other no matter what.  

Goals from class

I feel like I have reached my goals, and then some! My goals were to gain more knowledge about cultures especially Ethiopia. I have learned a lot about Ethiopia because I am doing it for my final project. I also have learned tons about other cultures thing ranging from language to LGBTQ. Most importantly I have learned to accept people that are different. Not to think any less of someone just because their culture is different. 

Cultural Article

                In my article it had a story of a man who resigned of the Boy Scouts board because he did not agree with one of the rules that they had. He did this after a lady was not allowed to be part of the organization because she was a lesbian. I think it shows good values for the man who is resigning because he believes that everyone should be treated equally. I am sure this topic has started some controversy in the area that this is taking place, and I’m sure the Boy Scouts are getting some heat for not treating the lady equally just because she was a lesbian.