My friend who just died probably would have loved to help you with this. 
I'd ask his wife, but obviously now isn't a good time.
Do you want me to ask the Hispanic advocate at the place I volunteer? Between herself and her clients, I'm sure that you'd be able to get some information. I can either print off the questions and give to her, or email them to her, or even hook the two of you up through email. Let me know.
I'd ask his wife, but obviously now isn't a good time.
Do you want me to ask the Hispanic advocate at the place I volunteer? Between herself and her clients, I'm sure that you'd be able to get some information. I can either print off the questions and give to her, or email them to her, or even hook the two of you up through email. Let me know.
Oh no, we don't want to bother her with this...
I think I have someone on here offering to help. Thanks Bunches!
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Yep I see that below! Glad to be able to offer at least.
I hope you'll be willing to share some of what you learn, just because I like to learn about the culture - particularly any answers/info you find for questions under # 4, 5, and 6. Just cuz it might help me at my volunteering.
I hope you'll be willing to share some of what you learn, just because I like to learn about the culture - particularly any answers/info you find for questions under # 4, 5, and 6. Just cuz it might help me at my volunteering.
I read some things today that I found very interesting, and really made a connection with how it would affect their schooling, and what teachers would need to consider to help them be successful. I was thinking about blogging about it, so I will tomorrow. It's really cool though, cause I have been sharing with my family what I'm learning, and it's helping them to understand better, and see them in a different light. It's been a great great class, probably my most beneficial one yet, and I only have four left to go.
That's really great! I wish my multicultural class had been more beneficial. I don't know if it was the format I had it in, the instructor, or the stuff she had us do. Maybe all 3 combined. But I'm glad you're getting a lot out of it!
We do all these activities, that really make us look at ourselves, our values, our beliefs our ethnicity, and our biases, it isn't hard, just very insightful and thought provoking.
The instructor admitted that she had some pretty aweful biases, herself and learning this stuff really helped her alot too!
The instructor admitted that she had some pretty aweful biases, herself and learning this stuff really helped her alot too!
Again.....soooooo jealous of your class! I mean, I learned stuff from what I did, but it wasn't anything that lasted as long as it sounds like your classwork will. I was hoping for something that might actually stick with me and help me in working with clients of different ethnicities. What I got was boring papers to write. I think I've gotten more out of actual interaction with people from different ethnicities. What kinds of activities have you done, other than this project?
I will come back to this, and share.
Okay here's what we did last week. First she gave us the words Red, in red, then Green in green, the same with blue yellow white and black. we had to brainstorm words that we associate with those colors. Not like apple, but love. Then read an article that showed what these colors represent in different countries, like in one, a white carnation represents death.
Then she gave us a table of groups, we had to pick one group. SO there were about 10 different "types" of people, such at Lutherans, Doctors, blacks etc. We had to come up with one word that describes each word. Then another activity we had to take those words and list them filling in the blanks... All _____ are ____. then read over them and respond to it.
We read about stereotyping vs generalizations and responded to that.
We watched the class divided video, I previously posted, and responded to that.
We did the White Privelege checklist, which Myclette and her husband filled out for me. It asked questions like "I can go into a hairdressers and find someone who can cut my hair" or "I can be sure that if I need legal or medical help, my race will not work against me."
And then responded to that. (all the responding is put on the discussion boards, so we can discuss them with eachother.
Three of these activities involved other people, two of them I used Steven, cause if our class was in a classroom we would be working in groups. They are simply activities that are helping to bring about awarenous to us about other people, our society and ourselves. Steve and Kayt have both helped me, and I have discussed this class with my family... which reminds me i was going to show them the video last night and forgot, I was feeling like I was forgetting something, ugh..
Then she gave us a table of groups, we had to pick one group. SO there were about 10 different "types" of people, such at Lutherans, Doctors, blacks etc. We had to come up with one word that describes each word. Then another activity we had to take those words and list them filling in the blanks... All _____ are ____. then read over them and respond to it.
We read about stereotyping vs generalizations and responded to that.
We watched the class divided video, I previously posted, and responded to that.
We did the White Privelege checklist, which Myclette and her husband filled out for me. It asked questions like "I can go into a hairdressers and find someone who can cut my hair" or "I can be sure that if I need legal or medical help, my race will not work against me."
And then responded to that. (all the responding is put on the discussion boards, so we can discuss them with eachother.
Three of these activities involved other people, two of them I used Steven, cause if our class was in a classroom we would be working in groups. They are simply activities that are helping to bring about awarenous to us about other people, our society and ourselves. Steve and Kayt have both helped me, and I have discussed this class with my family... which reminds me i was going to show them the video last night and forgot, I was feeling like I was forgetting something, ugh..
Those activities sound really cool!! I especially like the color one. The one with a table of groups would be really beneficial so you can see how stereotypes and generalizations are formed.
The white privilege stuff you mentioned reminded me of an article I was given by the same instructor for 2 of her classes - neither of which was my race/ethnicity class. I can send it to you if you like; I forget the name, but it was something about a Knapsack. It had the same concepts of white privilege though and I thought it was really interesting; we had to read it and answer questions about it and then discuss it with classmates.
The white privilege stuff you mentioned reminded me of an article I was given by the same instructor for 2 of her classes - neither of which was my race/ethnicity class. I can send it to you if you like; I forget the name, but it was something about a Knapsack. It had the same concepts of white privilege though and I thought it was really interesting; we had to read it and answer questions about it and then discuss it with classmates.
Sure go ahead and send it.
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