Welcoming Families From Around the World

My country of origin is North America, it has been said my ancestor are from Africa. My great grandmother was born and raised Louisiana and my grandmother was born in Ohio. They brought a southern culture to the Midwest. By working in the child care center engaging children of different ethnicities it is always a challenge at first until you learn their culture. Thailand is a country I am unfamiliar with its culture. To prepare myself for the three children beginning the program from Thailand I will first remind myself to have an open mind. I have to be receptive of any differences I am not already accustomed too. Secondly I was conduct research myself attempt to learn what is considered the “norm” for the people of Thailand. I would need to be aware of the native language, religion, specific practices or rituals. Prior to the children starting the program I would meet with the parent attempt to learn their family structure, some of their personal social identities. Lastly after the children start the program I will gain continue to remind myself to be open minded, avoid stereotypes and ensure that is a language barriers exist have multilingual communications. The children of Thailand will be migrating to another country with a different culture. The American culture will dominate over their culture, this may cause some difficulty with the family. My focus will be to acknowledge their culture to make a comfortable transition and to foster healthy learning environment.

The Personal Side of Bias, Prejudice, and Oppression.

The incident that recently happened in Ferguson, Missouri stirred up much controversy in the world. I was on Facebook about a week after the incident occurred one of my Facebook friend posted his opinion of the incident asking for input. I was used to continuously hearing about the Ferguson shooting, many people expressing their disgrace in regard to this incident. This particular status caught my attention because he stated “we blacks protest it is called rioting but when the whites protest it is called positive protesting” I am on the fence with the black and white racism, I believe it is embroidered. The reason that statues caught my attention is due to a broadcast on CNN reiterating the same theory. I felt that my personal feeling towards the matter were hurtful to my peers. Then it seems as though this type of incident is reoccurring in the United States with zero regard to any change for the future. My emotions were constantly up and down. Recently another shooting occurred in Missouri same scenario I became the bitter citizen feeling black and white racism is still in effect with no validity to an African American life. Black is a color, white is a color. Caucasian is an ethnicity African American is an ethnicity