Reflection Essay
Reflection Essay
In my lifetime I have come across many different people from all walks of life. Since my childhood I have always interacted with people who did not look like me, but it never bothered me, because I never saw another's race or color; I just saw people. My parents never instilled any type of racism in me, so therefore I never had a problem with anyone of a different race or background. If anything, I was taught to respect others as I would like to be respected myself. Also, I was heavily influence by the teachings of Dr. Martin Luther King. Dr. King was someone I look up to and respected, and for some odd reason I felt a strange connection to him; it was later on in life I found out that me and Dr. King have the same personality type. It has always been my belief that as humans we are very capable of getting along with each other. When you watch kids play you never really see segregation or bigotry among them, that’s because they have not learned what racism is yet. Being comfortable with other cultures is a natural gift we all have, the reason I believe there is so such much discomfort with many of us mixing and interacting with other cultures is that we condition ourselves to be that way. I believe people will be people! Someone from another country should not be viewed as some alien from another galaxy. If everyone was the same this would be one boring planet! It is our differences that make us all unique, and getting acquainted or comfortable with "differences" should be something we all should strive to do. On the subject of my PRICA Score, I will note that I scored very high, which is "not surprising". From the time of middle school to now in college, I have always attended diverse schools and I never had a problem with it at all. Let me emphasize that when I say that I went to diverse schools, I really mean diverse! We had people from all over the world! We had people from India, Korea, Pakistan, Russia, Germany, Italy, South
In my lifetime I have come across many different people from all walks of life. Since my childhood I have always interacted with people who did not look like me, but it never bothered me, because I never saw another's race or color; I just saw people. My parents never instilled any type of racism in me, so therefore I never had a problem with anyone of a different race or background. If anything, I was taught to respect others as I would like to be respected myself. Also, I was heavily influence by the teachings of Dr. Martin Luther King. Dr. King was someone I look up to and respected, and for some odd reason I felt a strange connection to him; it was later on in life I found out that me and Dr. King have the same personality type. It has always been my belief that as humans we are very capable of getting along with each other. When you watch kids play you never really see segregation or bigotry among them, that’s because they have not learned what racism is yet. Being comfortable with other cultures is a natural gift we all have, the reason I believe there is so such much discomfort with many of us mixing and interacting with other cultures is that we condition ourselves to be that way. I believe people will be people! Someone from another country should not be viewed as some alien from another galaxy. If everyone was the same this would be one boring planet! It is our differences that make us all unique, and getting acquainted or comfortable with "differences" should be something we all should strive to do. On the subject of my PRICA Score, I will note that I scored very high, which is "not surprising". From the time of middle school to now in college, I have always attended diverse schools and I never had a problem with it at all. Let me emphasize that when I say that I went to diverse schools, I really mean diverse! We had people from all over the world! We had people from India, Korea, Pakistan, Russia, Germany, Italy, South