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        I do believe that schools and communities should be welcoming of the LGBT community because they are people just like you and me. Unfortunately there are people in the world that do not think that it is okay for a women to love another women or a man to love another man. If it is not affecting their life directly then what is the big deal? For me personally if you are a man and love another man good for you. If they treat you right and make you happy then go for it because why should I hate on people who are just trying to live a happy life.        "Classrooms lay the foundations for an inclusion and safe society: a just community  where common interests and individual differences coexist" (August). I would like to say that this is true and actually happens but in some places it does not. We live in a society that the LGBT community is more accepted but in some areas of the United States it is still not totally accepted. Why can't we...

       On Saturday October 6, 2018 Nadia and I watched the film Hidden Figures for our Social Justice event. The movie is about three African Americans making a difference while working in NASA. This movie is based on a true story and takes place during the 1960's. While watching this film I learned that during the 60's NASA had a building just for the African Americans and that building was the only building that had a colored bathroom. The building was on the outskirts of the grounds and if one of them was working in the main building they would have to walk a half a mile in order to go to the bathroom. There are three main characters one of the main characters Katherine Johnson was confronted by her boss because she was always gone when she was needed. She told him that in order for her to go to the bathroom she would have to run a half a mile and that no one would refill the colored coffee pot because they were afriad to touch it. After Katherine went back to her...

       I found that this article to be very interesting because I never thought that way before. I did not give a thought that so many things in others surroundings could shape a persons thinking of someone else. After thinking about it, it is so true that the media and even not being exposed to a certain atmosphere can have an affect on a child. It is so crazy to me that so many things can have such an affect on how children think about others.        "The impact of racism begins early. Even in our preschools years, we are exposed to misinformation about people different from ourselves. Many of us grow up in neighborhoods where we have limited opportunities to interact with people different from our own families..." (Tatum). I believe that this quote is so true because children are exposed to it even if they are not aware of it. If they are watching television or just watching people interact with each other there might be a certain level of rac...

           I found this article to be really good because I never knew how important this translanguage is for some families that cannot speak English. It is amazing how many children would benefit from this if it was in schools that really need it and I love the idea to help these children out that have a language carrier. There were three quotes that really struck me in this article for many reasons.            "If a question is asked, and someone gets up to consult Google for the answer, family members write in the search box items in one another language, and often in both, to compare answers fom different sites" (Garcia). It is amazing that people to know to use google if thy do not know what someone is saying. I would have never o thought to pick up my phone and plug whatever someone said into the search bar. I do have a question though. How accurate is google when translating what someone said? I feel like it is not so ...

             In the McIntosh artice I do have to say that I do believe that the white race does recongize white privilege because some use it to get what they want. I am not saying that everyone is aware of it but I do believe people intentionally use it to their advantage to get what they want and to make them as powerful as they can. It also affects the people that they are in their way because they have to take whatever is being thrown at them. I do agree with her that whenever a white person and a African American are buying the house the white person would get the house bcause that person is white. I feel like it is not as bad as it was back 30 years ago but it still does affect people to this day and it can be vey serious. In the job place it is the most obvious because there are jobs that refuse to hire anyone but white people. I personally feel like society as a whole needs to let go of this white privilege concept because it makes the hard wor...

        This article is very interesting and has brought some insight on how not everyone has the the chance to in a sence live in the "land of opportunity" because of many different reasons. I would really like to quote the entire article but I did chose three quotes that I thought in my opninion are good.  "Rick, Who thought he was one-eighth American Indian, pretty much raised himself, along with his brother and two sisters. His mom died when he was five, and his dad--"a professional drunk,"  Rick once told me --abandoned the family. A grandmother presided, and the kids hunted and fished to put food on the table."(Kristof). That is a lot for young children to have to worry about. Those kids should have been worried about is what and where am I going to eat lunch at school. They do not have a great start out of the gate and it is sad because all children should have opportunity to have a good education but it is hard when they have to worry about putting...

   This is my nephew Brody. I see him every Friday and he is 5 months old. I am very close with my family.    I am a very big sports fan even though I am a 49ers fan, I love going to Pats games.     Fenway Park is my second home. I love going here.    My friends and I very close as well and my best friend is getting married in two weeks. This is at her bachelorette party