After discussions in class it made me realize how much I never realized how big a role ethnicity still played in society today. I grew up with groups of another race, and then in my high school it was predominately white. Race was never really an issue, I witnessed issues of racism, but I always just thought it was a few students being idiots. I did not realize how much of an issue today it still is. How so many minority groups are still discriminated against and do not get the same opportunities as other groups.
Also I read another post and she discussed education and books effecting students views. It made me think how important teachers are in students lives, and how easily they could present stereotypes. Even if teachers do not do it on purpose, it is easy for them to misrepresent something to a student. Also going along with books, there are many books that teachers have students read that misrepresent certain groups. I had a strong upbringing about not judging groups, or putting them in categories, but when I think back on it, the teachers I had did not have a huge role in that. I know different teachers I had actually misrepresented certain races, and that had impacts on how certain students perceived them.
Post #3 Cassandra Paternosh
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