“Healing is the only pathway to real justice because it requires that we take an honest look at what harmed us and pushes us to restore our humanity and finally to move us confidently into a possible future.” (Ginwright, n.d., p. 3). That quote is one Farah Assiraj believes to be true. Farah Assiraj is the National Chief of Teaching and Learning at the council of the Great City Schools. She has devoted her career to uplifting the culture and history of marginalized communities and is a national leader in, equity, race, and immigrant education. She is the founder of Care Education, which focuses on culture, inclusion, race, and diversity. On April 30th, 2024 she presented at Cape Cod Community College on aspects of connection and belonging surrounding …show more content…
Assarij believes, “There’s the culture of your parents, and identities and ethnicities and languages, and all the things that make up norms and ideas of ways of being and belonging” (F. Assarij, speech, April 30, 2024). One’s own culture and the culture of those around us is what makes norms that make people feel connected. Parts of our culture that might not be seen at first glance are really what create a sense of belonging. Things like family traditions, religion, worldview, and more can be something people may or may not relate to each other about, but, the cultural similarities can help form a sense of community. Also, personal identity and values can help humans connect. Farah Assiraj remarks that, “the most important thing is to understand the underlying values and how the majority of people feel as though they have the same values in life to be happy and to progress and keep growing as humans, and I feel like we fail to realize that when we judge” (F. Assarij, speech, April 30, 2024). People don’t realize how many values they might share. Assiraj talks about how people fail to acknowledge how many commonalities people share because of surface-level
In the book ‘Finding Alibrandi’ by Melina Marchetta, Josephine Alibrandi is an Italian teenager also known as a ‘wog’ that has to undergo school in her last year, grade 12. Josephine has to go through the struggles of being an Italian with only one parent in an Australian society where she is being judged for her culture. This faces her with multiple challenges, which she has to face; will she rise to the occasion or fail to?
We live in a world that is always changing and as such creates inequality and suffering. Many people feel the need to change this and hope for a better world. Even though people have different religions and beliefs, we all have some hope,which motivates us to wake up everyday and make a difference in this world. Hope is what brings us together to fight for a common cause. As Duncan-Andrade explains throughout his article, “Note to Educators: Hope Required When Growing Roses in Concrete,” it is not enough to hope for a better future, especially for young people of color because hoping will not bring the needed change we expect. “Growing Roses in Concrete”(Duncan-Andrade 5) is not an easy task because of the many circumstances and policies that create inequality in these schools and in the society as a whole. In urban schools in the United States, there is more disparately and inequality among young people of color and while educators have tried to solve such issues through different means, the problem still prevails and this has just created “false hope”. Duncan-Andrade states that th...
In conclusion, this book gave me a whole new view on life and how we can interact better with different people. The book emphasized that culture is key to understanding people. Sometimes it is hard to connect with others because they are indicated as different but in due time we can adjust. Every culture has their own traditions when it comes to what they eat, what to wear, dating, various ceremonies, holidays and more. Reading this book helped me become more accepting of who I am and where I come from.
western culture and society to accept that a person’s connection to live in harmony and balance
Living with different kinds of cultures around you is also very knowledgeable to many people. One could learn a lot about someone’s background or country just by interacting or spending some time with them. For example, you can learn about different foods, clothing, fashion, and the kind of lifestyles others might have. Living together helps keeps us in harmony and peace. If we didn’t get along or maybe even share some of the ideas we wouldn’t be such a diverse community. Knowing and underst...
As a lecturer, Ruby brings her message to children and adults nationwide. She established the Ruby Bridges Foundation to promote the values of tolerance, respect and appreciation of all differences through educational programs. A major focus of the foundation has been a program called Ruby’s Bridges, which connects students, parents, and educators from different racial, ethnic and socioeconomic backgrounds. The goal of the program is to build lasting relationships, which will allow individuals to transcend their differences and achieve racial reconciliation. One of the strategies of Ruby’s Bridges is to involve students in service learning projects that foster a sense of community responsibility. From planting trees and caring for the environment at state parks to working with others in need, the program has provided students with the skills to collaborate on meaningful causes. The ultimate goal of the foundation is to move first our children and then our society as a whole toward the elimination of racism and prejudice. Ruby promotes equality. Her goal is that on a local and national level there is racial equity.
We feel that just because we have the same culture and same beliefs, we are able to relate to each other more easily than someone who is not. Just because someone else is of a different nationality and religion, we don’t associate with them as much. Not to say we can’t be a diverse group of people. It’s because this force of habit not only resides with nationality or religi...
(AGG) Many children in Afghanistan have lost their families to war and have had to take on the responsibility to care for themselves as a result of that. (BS-1) Najmah experiencing her entire family getting taken away from her in the blink of an eye drove her to become silent, as well as becoming very conflicted when it came to making decisions for herself. (BS-2) When concerned neighbors make her take on a new identity after losing her family, she then comes up with the idea on how to find her brother and father by combining her silence and the new look she has, to achieve her possible chance at happiness. (BS-3)
Experiencing a society of multi-cultures is beneficial through a variety of concepts to epitomize each individual identity. A person may vary in the degree to which he or she identifies with, morals, or...
Ethnic groups, their present and their future, are determined by factors like history, education, religion and politics. These factors build and shape the cultural identity of people and have a major effect in their way of thinking, lifestyle, behaviour, habits, morals, ideology, preferences, traditions, etc.” For this reason “what constitutes normal behavior is not the same to people of different social, economic, political and cultural backgrounds (Bayne, Jinks, Collard, Horton, 2008).
Individuals are able to form long lasting bonds with others despite cultural differences with the same approaches as any other friendship. To begin with,
Across the globe, people have come together, forming societies that have developed their own norms, morals and values. While some may be in common, each differs in a way that makes
Our increased mobility has given us greater access to the world and the diverse people that inhabit it. With that mobility comes the shared responsibility to negotiate with people who may initially seem unfamiliar and learn to express the experience. The word “ethnicity” is used to describe a specific population’s characteristics of fundamental aspects that all humans share. When applied loosely, ethnicity becomes a blanket term to define large populations, undermining the worth and the diversity within that group and emphasizing the differences between cultures. Yet those differences come down to matters of preference and socialization within each culture. The dominant themes that rule human nature persist in every society – wondering where we came from and why we exist, social mores to guide how we relate to people or situations, and primal motivations such as hunger, fear, and a need to be loved and accepted.
Everyone is a part of a community. Most people are a part of multiple communities. A community is a group of people that have a commonality. Sometimes it is based on where you live, hobbies, goals, etc. I believe that communities are created unconsciously and are connected to someone’s identity, especially when a person is considered a part of multiple communities. Sometimes, a person may connect very well with their community. Sometimes, a person may feel very distant from their community. In the movie, “English Vinglish”, the main character, Sashi, shows examples on how communities are created through commonalities, and the acculturation theory. Sashi was a part of multiple communities. A few communities included her, her Daughter’s school,
In the end, what we learn from this article is very realistic and logical. Furthermore, it is supported with real-life examples. Culture is ordinary, each individual has it, and it is both individual and common. It’s a result of both traditional values and an individual effort. Therefore, trying to fit it into certain sharp-edged models would be wrong.