week 5 blog post 4

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 Originally I learned about Race when I was in the 4th grade. The topic of race was reintroduced to me heavily during my current college years. The class I was taking was called "Diversity and oppression". This particular experience I will share took place when I was in Highschool. I had a French teacher who was fluent in English and Spanish as well. The majority of the kids in the classroom were Hispanic which meant that we had our own unique dialects. This one particular day the teacher had us read out loud certain French phrases, but our natural Hispanic dialect would make the phrases sound inaccurate which should be normal since we are learning. The teacher then tells us that we are wrong for using those kinds of pronunciations. The French teacher was basically telling us that the Spanish accents we have been using our entire lives because of our family backgrounds was not the correct way to speak. In other words, she felt that she was superior to us. From a certain perspective, it would make sense for her to have more knowledge than us since she was the teacher, but its unacceptable when your are judging a group of students for speaking the way they have been taught. 

The hard part from me with that experience was simply getting through certain assignments. The teachers arrogance did not affect me at all. 

What I learned about my racial identity is that I am proud to be where I am from and I will not allow anyone to make me devalue myself

The Eye opening part from me was the fact that I had a judgmental racist teacher who did not like certain Spanish accents.

This quote from the reading felt important to me because I have heard similar statements revolving around the United States and I consider them to be inaccurate. The reading states, "It should be pointed out that the basic assumption that the United States is a just society for all is only one of many basic assumptions that might be challenged in the learning process".



Comments

  1. MilaryOctober 1, 2020 at 8:43 PM

    I’m sorry that you felt that way while learning about race, learning about race should be a safe and comfortable space just like Tatum set up in her class. It’s interesting you learned about race in the 4th grade the closest I got was learning about Christopher Columbus and slavery and it was all a lie

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  2. YROBEVOctober 2, 2020 at 6:06 AM

    Hi Angel, You have a great experience learning about race and I like how you mention "I am proud to be where I am from and I will not allow anyone to make me devalue myself" as all of us should not be ashamed for being different. We all have unique cultures and as Tatum asks questions such as "Why are Black Kids still sitting together". Tatum argues in her article that no one should be separated from each other for having a different race. Race can be a hard topic to understand for many people, but it should a comfortable space to learn and feel appreciated rather than being oppressed.

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