experience was in 2001 when I was five years old. It was the day of 9/11 and I remember being in my kindergarten classroom. I remember the teachers on their cell phone with a paniclook on their face; they were talking about towers. A few minutes went by and my mom checked me out of school and I was so scared because I did not know what was going on. We got home and I remember my mom turning on the television. I had seen planes crashing into the twin towers and people were flying out of the building. My mom started crying and telling me to pray with her
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children and young people experience prejudice and discrimination. Children and young people can experience prejudice and discrimination from other children and adults because of personal attributes they possess these include:- Religion: some schools have a specific religious biased learning environment such as catholic or Christian schools but some pupils who are not of the religion could be singled out and seen as different Race: children can sometime be discriminate against by others because of
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Grade 9 is a big year. It’s our last year at Dr. Egbert last year in middle school before we enter high school. I as “ August Linda “ is writing a letter to you “ June Linda “. With it only being the beginning of the school year‚ I have a lot of thoughts‚ concerns and worries to express. Every school year is similar to me. We learn‚ studies and write tests. It’s a routine‚ a routine that makes time fly by fast. I believe there won’t be a big difference in the outcome in my grades compare to those
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examples of each type of discrimination that the Caucasian Americans promoted. Slavery is a form of discrimination against subordinate groups of people. The first sign of slavery in America were the Spaniards treatment of Native Americans. According to “A Timeline of Important Events” (2008)‚ in 1517 the Spaniards were working Native Americans on plantation farms.
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2001‚ George W. Bush gave a speech to Congress after the terrorist attack on 9/11. Although I was 10 years old and unable to understand everything then‚ I am able to understand them now. And as an American citizen I stand by Bush wanting to keep America free and the world a safe place for all human’s to live in. Bush gave this speech on September 20‚ 2001. Nine days after America had been attacked by terrorists. Bush makes sure to thank many people‚ including all of America for pulling together and
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extent of the policies against homeless people in urban/public areas; mostly because I come to a fairly small suburban area where I wasn’t quite exposed. However since moving to San Francisco‚ I have become more aware‚ but after reading through these documents‚ I realized I still was not aware enough. From the Punishing the Poorest document I have learned the full extent to which homelessness is criminalized (particularly in San Francisco). The section line “Homeless people are forced to move by
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Adriana Cardona Cruz A Point of View Against Women Discrimination Just some decades ago‚ women were seen as an inferior and weaker human being who totally depended on a man in order to survive. These women lived an unhappy life‚ full of prejudice and insecurities. They were punished for something they had no fault: being born a female. In that time society denied them the right to control their own life. They were just another object‚ and they were expected to hand over their dreams and goals
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In chapter 8 of Okin’s piece‚ she argues against gender discrimination in families and the workforce. In her piece‚ she introduces the idea that economic support and nurturing must equally derive from both parents. The elimination of gender roles within the work force and family promotes a sense of justice between the sexes and establishes equality. Okin strongly believes that a mother should not be dependent on her husband while taking care of their children. The distribution of work and caretaking
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of nature. We cannot control nature and because of the fall there are going to be bad things that happen on earth that we have to deal with until we go to heaven. Tragedies such as 9/11 are because of the decided to makes by initiating angry into a man to main got angry and decided to hurt thousands of innocent people; this is a horrific tragedy that happened because of man not God. There are evil events that happen every day in this world‚ they personally it does not affect my worldview because
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Divided This week I learned about discrimination against others. This is something that I think about often however I have never thought to educate others so that they are aware of discrimination and how not discriminate. I have always taken every extra step to make sure that I have not discriminated against anyone‚ even accidentally. I try to make everyone feel included and feel good about themselves. This week our readings were on the different types of people in the world and how important diversity
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