David Douglas High School Diversity Report
The average David Douglas High School student has to hear the word “diversity” at least 100 times throughout assemblies, student elections, and announcements via intercom. Let me explain. David Douglas High School is one of the biggest and most diverse schools in Oregon. In the halls of DDHS, you’ll never meet the same person twice in one day. Our school’s diversity is reflected in our clubs, too: Asian American Youth Leadership Club, Black Student Union, Bhutanese Club, Gay-Straight Alliance, Latino Club, Somali Club… the list goes on. This sanctuary high school never made me feel left out as a minority.
I’ve never ventured outside of the David Douglas community, so I grew confident in the fact that everyone I might meet after David Douglas would be a type of …show more content…
The people across the river consisted of even more office workers dressed in their office attire, typing away on their office laptops. Downtown folk also wore fancy attire and had a strange manner of walking, like they ruled the world. They were a different breed of their own.
My stop was in downtown, so I walked out. I was puzzled. Who were these strange people? I sensed the divide between me and the bus passengers socially, culturally, and physically. Ultimately, there was nothing in my past experience in my high school environment that could prepare me for the bus ride, which made me feel awkward and tense. I became conscious of my mannerisms and how I carried myself. For once, I felt like a stranger.
The simple bus ride humbled and scared me. It taught me that diversity did not end with David Douglas; it ended with the Earth and beyond. I had to think about the minorities of people I never met yet, like rural Oregon conservatives, rich downtown dwellers - people who viewed the every aspect of the world differently than me. Clearly, if I want to travel the world, I need to understand that the world is bigger than I imagined. And that meant starting with my
I’ve never ventured outside of the David Douglas community, so I grew confident in the fact that everyone I might meet after David Douglas would be a type of …show more content…
The people across the river consisted of even more office workers dressed in their office attire, typing away on their office laptops. Downtown folk also wore fancy attire and had a strange manner of walking, like they ruled the world. They were a different breed of their own.
My stop was in downtown, so I walked out. I was puzzled. Who were these strange people? I sensed the divide between me and the bus passengers socially, culturally, and physically. Ultimately, there was nothing in my past experience in my high school environment that could prepare me for the bus ride, which made me feel awkward and tense. I became conscious of my mannerisms and how I carried myself. For once, I felt like a stranger.
The simple bus ride humbled and scared me. It taught me that diversity did not end with David Douglas; it ended with the Earth and beyond. I had to think about the minorities of people I never met yet, like rural Oregon conservatives, rich downtown dwellers - people who viewed the every aspect of the world differently than me. Clearly, if I want to travel the world, I need to understand that the world is bigger than I imagined. And that meant starting with my