My So-Called Enemy By Barbara Jordan Analysis

Barbara Jordan quotes that "We, as humans beings, must be able to accept people who are different than ourselves." this quote plays a large role in many of the text included in collection one some of which included "American Flag Stands for Tolerance", "My So-Called Enemy" and "The Lottery". Despite differing opinions and viewpoint people must learn to get along and treat each other the same way. Overlooking one's differences is one of the most important things we must do to get along. In the newspaper article titled "American Flag Stands for Tolerance" the problem was that a man named Gregory Johnson burned an American Flag while protesting outside of the Republican National Convention. The conflict in the "American Flag
Differing cultures could be another extremity when it come to the topic of humans accepting each other. Cultural differences could lead to many problems between people because they may not agree with each other culture, religion , etc. an example of this would be in the video titled “My So-Called Enemy”. In this video there were many girls of many different backgrounds. Many of the countries that these girls came from had conflicts with each other making it hard for the girls to accept each other because as children they were taught to hate one another’s country and anyone involved in the country. Many of the girls felt this way because their family members had been killed or hurt in wars between the countries that these girls were from. The girls had to spend a few weeks together in the same house, despite their different cultures and their parents beliefs, the girls were able to play and communicate like children of the same culture (when it did not involve politics, religion, or facts about their