week 4 assignment #1-1

I am not your Asia stereotype is a grappling speech that demonstrated the fact Asia- American encounter here and left me a bittersweet thinking because my race can help me identify the position that Canwen mentioned. It's also a food for thought in our society that what kind of stereotype we hold maybe a poison in others' life. When I watched the video, lots of relevant videos popped out and make me ponder this phenomenon has been existing for such a long time and will exist if we don't take any action.

 If I were the teacher, I would like to have an open house activity to get to know my students' families, instead of particular ones. As I know, the stereotypes are handed down by family mainly and the air in society. Teachers need to solve this problem once and for all on both sides, even usually it meant we will fight with the whole system. Through observation in open house, I would know more about parents and have a chance to express or negotiate the proper expectation for our children. For the minority in my class, I would like to build a deeper relationship with them and invite them to give me some inspirations to design the cultural or moral curriculum that helps them clarify the identity. Next step, I willingly demonstrate to the whole class how to rethink the concepts where they came from, are they reasonable? Or are they obsolete? Are they the historic product?

Then, give students like Canwen confidence by providing her a stage to speak out, to break the role she should play, to empower her to "fail". And since everyone is individual, I would expand the scale to every aspect of prejudice and engage my students in putting themselves in others' shoes and allow then to digest this issue for one or two weeks. Furthermore, show them how to communicate, educate the importance of "asking before assumption" and "listening". I believe listening can build empathy and later on empathy can generate understanding, it is the approach that you respect or value the person even you don't agree with him/her and the solution for a harmonious society.