Reflection About Racism

Racism is such a huge controversy, especially in our country. As a country we have gone through so many obstacles with racism and still struggling with it. I never thought in a million years I will consider myself as a races person because I respect everyone for their beliefs and backgrounds. But after our Monday class over ism’s, made me thing that I do have racism with myself. I tend to sometimes judge people base of their ethnicity stereotypes, and I never assumed that would consider me races because of it. As humans we try not to be races, but we can help it to be because of what society has brought our attention towards every cultural and ethnicity. In class it was mention if we were to stop at a stop light and saw an African American

What is more is that as humans we have to accept them, because when we do we can out a stop to it. As a future teacher it going to be hard not to have a favoritism towards a student, and not the rest. But as we get to learn these obstacles it a good way to see and not share the same mistakes as other teachers do. In one of my observation I attend a very diverse school, and I had the opportunity to see two different types of classrooms, on level class, and talented and gifted for the same teacher. I had chance to observe her reactions towards both classrooms. It amazed me what a huge difference it was in her attitude, actions, and affection. Her on level classes where minority cultures, mostly Hispanic and African Americans and a few white students, and her talented and gifted classroom was more filled with white, Asian, and a few black and Hispanic students. In her on level class, she was stricter and less patient with the students and did not expect the best of them, and in her talented and gifted classroom she was more patient, less aggressive, and expected greatness for them. At one point she mentions to me that she prefers this students and whish she had them all day. After viewing both sides it made me wonder what expectations are we giving to our students. Is favoring students going to make them even more successful? I felt that if I was in her shows I