I think this week held some of the most interesting class periods for me. Maybe it's because we discussed more recent issues, such as the Indian movements and measure they were taking to gain back rights and ways of life that they deserved. I think I am still a little in shock about the unethical sterilization that was going on and affected entirely too many Native American women; well, I guess this even happening to one person is unethical. I should have known about this issue long ago. And, to think it was going on at the same time my own parents were growing up, makes it even bigger in my mind.
I am also taking a class this summer on the history of Kansas. This week, we have discussed many more recent minority issues, particularly segregation. Yesterday, we viewed a documentary on the Brown v. Board of Education; I was finally able to find out more specific events that led up to the court case. I think, in both classes, this last week has been a great wrap-up for the summer semester. While both classes were very informational, it was also great to be become better educated on more recent issues, some that continue even in today's world.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
1 comment:
I agree with you that the content we learned in the last week was interesting since it dealt with more recent issues, but I don't like hearing about how horrible our country was to Native American Indians day in and day out. I enoyed the first part of the class more where we got to learn about Native culture before other countries came in and messed everything up.
Post a Comment