Today was an interesting day and the readings made each of us individually confront our feelings about difficult subjects. I found myself and as I shared today not wanting to put myself into the "Racist Arena". As we discussed our readings and commented on them it was interesting to me how you could almost feel the tension within the room. When I say tension I don't mean that we were getting angry about our readings, but the inner-tension that was battling within each of us. The stigmas, and the preconceived feelings that whether we want to or not to fully understand are wove in our lives, and heritage. I sit back and remember as a child those thoughts, feelings, word pictures, etc that we were being put into me, yet I still find myself not wanting to acknowledge that they are there. As I look at my daughter and her choice to date the young man she has chosen and my inner struggles. I still think of my younger daughter calling me a Racist, and how I adamantly declared that I was not. This class has taken my thinking, and analysis abilities to a higher level and has forced me to approach and look at things in a much deeper way than ever before. Hmmmm.........the drive home will have me battling within as I process what we have discussed today. Thanks
everyone for the thought provoking discussions!
Mary Ann
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