"normal"- white, middle class male, heterosexual
"abnormal"- black, working, sick, lacking intelligence, female, homosexual.
Those two terms really sum up our society. People fit into either the normal category or the abnormal category. However, if you are part of the abnormal category you are not privileged like those who belong to the normal category.
"if students in the school community can be kept shielded from "bad influences" and provided only "positive" representations of community life, that they can be molded into "good", "well adjusted" citizens and workers".
In my opinion this statement is really saying that they want to keep the students from learning about being gay or a lesbian. They think by doing this it will help them but I think it will hurt them because you can not shelter them from these issues forever. The more the students learn about being gay or a lesbian the more they will accept it.
In society we are told to "be yourself". However, we cannnot always do that because people are always going to be constantly judging you for it. For example if you are gay it is hard to be yourself especially around people who are not willing to accept who you really are.
I can really relate to this whole article because I have three gay cousins and I have seen how hard it is for them. It was only a few years back that they came out about being gay. All three of them are in their thirties and it took them so long to finally come out and say they were gay. We all had a idea that they were but we would never ask. Even when they came out we did not love them any less or refuse to accept them anymore. They were the same three men that I always knew and loved. The fact that they were gay did not change anything. However by coming out they faced many hardships. The three boys owned a greenhouse together. Once people found out they were gay someone graffied the whole greenhouse. They took this as a hate act and it was reported to the police. Unfortuneately nothing could be done and the people who did it were never caught. Their story makes me think of this article because I feel so bad for people who have to go through what my cousins went through. People should not have to be punished for being gay. I think the schools should teach more about gayness in the classrooms because therefore it will make people better understand it and also learn to accept it in our society.
I agree with a lot of what you said. I cannot even imagine what they face on a daily basis. Others need to understand that they are humans just like us. They face even more struggles then we do. I mean could we live the way that we do if our ideals and our loves were questioned and shunned?
ReplyDeleteI think that when it comes to children that they should be aware of what is happening around them. I think that children should learn to respect others at an early age, no matter the color, sex, sexual preference, etc. I think that these issues should be dug into deeper in middle school or later.
I agree that it is very hard to be yourself because society and everyone around you are constantly judging you. I also could never imagine what they face on a daily basis it must be so difficult. I have a gay boy in my dorm and he is always talking about how words such as "faggot" are hurtful and the ridicoul he faces on a daily basis. Luckily his mom is okay with him being gay which I think is good and a necessary part to excepting and being yourself.
ReplyDeleteGayness is something that people need to learn to be accepting to. Its always been around and it always will be around and the sooner people accept that the sooner it will seem "normal". Gayness should be taught at an early age so its not new and unusual to children. Also to give the children FACTS about it instead to listening and believing myths.
ReplyDeleteI can relate to you with this because my sister is 30 and she just came out. It was a shock to my family but we didn't love her any less. We even had her girlfriend over for Easter! I think that in other cases, some people are not so accepting and that is because when I was a kid, we didn't learn about homosexuality and it was a hush hush subject so I can only imagine what it was like when my parents were kids and my grandparents were kids.
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