Professional Hopes and Goals

As I work with children and families who are from diverse backgrounds, my hope is that I am able to give them an open mind and show them love and respect for our differences.

The one goal that I would set for early childhood about diversity is to continue making those small steps at changing world by reaching and teaching every child. As early childhood professions I believe that this is important that we continue to teach others about diversity.

I want to say “thank you” to everyone for sharing their lives and their stories with me and allowing me to share with you all. I have learned so much from all of you and I hope you have learned something from me also. I pray that everyone has much success as they move through their journey

THANK YOU!!!

Welcoming Families From Around the World

            The name of the country that I have chosen is India.

The five ways that I will prepare for the family from India is:

o   Learn about their cultural customs and practices.

o   Setup a meeting for the family to come in to talk about the child’s care

o   Let them see that we are interested in their customs by learning to pronoun names correctly

o   Include some books or posters in the classroom about the culture

o   Educate staff about diversity

I believe that learning about a child culture is important for the growth of the child. I think that if we include pictures and other thing from that culture, we are letting the child and family know that we are including them. It is also important to educate the staff about diversity, explaining to them that all children should feel comfortable when they come through our doors. As early childhood educators it is important that children get a good first impression about learning, because it will make huge difference in their life.                            

The Personal Side of Bias, Prejudice, and Oppression

As a Black American woman, I feel like sometimes we suffer many injustices only because of the color of our skin is different. As I read the assignment I immediately remembered my aunt, who had just got a job in a bank. She was 19 years old and this was in the mid 1990’s. She was so happy because she was making her own money and was doing well. One day a middle age white man came into the bank and my aunt waited on him. When he was finished with his transactions he called her Whoopi Goldberg.

Now my aunt must have weighed about 110 lbs, her skin color is what some would say very light, which is nothing like Whoopi Goldberg’s, mind you my aunt is much younger. When I heard that story, my heart dropped because, I could not believe that someone would come right out and call someone a name, which had hidden meanings. The other bank tellers and the manager just stood and looked, no one said a word.

I think that it’s not fair to stand by and watch someone get hurt. I know that sometimes we don’t have time to react, but I think that instead of acting like it never happen like the other employees did someone should have spoken up and acknowledge that a wrong had happened.

I feel sad when I hear these kinds of stories, but it just lets us know that we have a long way to go before everyone is seen as equals.