Looking at the answers I put, I will be honest, I'm not surprised. Over the past few years I have come to realize how monocultural my world is.
Going to college there were far more people of different backgrounds than I was use to. One of my friends of that time, drove the point home of how 'white' my world was, by making a comment on how there were more African Americans at her high school than there were at the college we were both attending. At her high school she was one of the few white students.
Even with this self awareness I could count the people I know who are 'different' from me. A few sorority sisters (including my much loved little) would be classified in our society as 'non-white', a family friend who is wheel chair bound, some co-workers who speak english with accents. Compare this small number to the much larger number of people I know who aren't quite as 'different' from me, shows just how monocultural I really am. Would I like more diversity? Sure, if I get along with the person, that's all that matters to me.
Susan Schuler
Our assessments seem similar but I really like your final comment in your blog because I think it is well written and I agree with you on this... "if I get along with the person, that is all that matters to me"
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ReplyDeleteI think we must remember that multicultural does not just mean an environment of multiple ethnicities. It is an environment that it welcoming of various backgrounds - religious, lingual, sexual, as well as ethnic. Multicultural gives equitable status to all people, and does not promote a centralized vision of what is acceptable and what is not.
One can presume to say that while you did not grow up in an environment that was diverse in ethnicities, you were not entirely devoid of multiculturalism. That is due in part to your acceptance of other people's beliefs and backgrounds, though they may have been different than your own.
-Karen
Who is "Kindergarten Literacy Learning?"
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