Practicing Awareness of Microaggressions

The type of micragression that I experienced was religion-ism.  I remember once that I said Merry Christmas and I was corrected not to use those words. I felt that because I was a christian and some of the other people were not considered to be christians that this was a form of religion-ism. I was in a school system, I really felt that I had lost my freedom of speech as well as discriminated against.  I feel that microagressions and prejudice has really gave people a difference of opinions about others. I feel like microagressions really seperate people in many ways.

Perspectives on Diversity and Culture

The first person that I called stated that culture is beliefs and value.
The second person stated that culture is celebrating music, art and traditions.
The third person stated that culture is the behavior, beliefs, values, and traditions

The first person that I called stated that diversity is acceptance and respect.
The second person stated that diversity is differences.
The third person stated that diversity is understanding uniqueness.

The aspects of culture and diversity that I have studied is through understanding culture through social identies. I learned about different types of cultures as well as the types of diversity.

The aspects that have been omitted are people of the same cultures differences in cultures within the same culture.

I have learned from other people to cherish your beliefs, values, and traditions; I learned to respect others differences.

My Family Culture

A major catastrophe has occurred and my family and I will have to evacuate, the three most important things that I would take are: my bible, my photos and videos, and my clothing.
The reason that I would take my bible is because I am a chriastian and I read my bible on a daily basis. I believe that reading the bible will help me through life difficult journeys. I read the bible when I first wake up in the morning as well as before I go to sleep at night.

The next thing that I would take with me is my photos and videos; the reason that I would take my photos and videos is because they hold a lot of history for me. I have many photos and videos of deceased family members that I would not want to lose; including photos and videos of my deceased father. I feel that as long as I have pictures that I can refer back to it will always bring a smile to my face to see how much I really resemble him.

The last thing that I would grab would be my clothing; I know that this goes without saying but I have clothes that are very important to me; I have clothings that were given to me from some of my favorite family members and I really want to cherish them.