Racism, classism, and diversity

   There is so much to blog about this week! It was a wonderful week full of so much excitement! First of all I am going to talk about the Adams chapters. Reading about class made me think a lot about my past and how class has affected my entire life. I was never in an upper middle class, but I can say that after my father passed away and left my mom with my brother and I, we were in the poverty class. Luckily I have a very strong mother who pulled us through and tried to give us the best life she could. However there was only so much she could do. I was always in the lower class and around lower people. In middle school and elementary I was always with the lower class people. Our  schools were pretty much divided. Once we got to high school, there was only one high school in my town so everyone got mixed in together. I started having all my classes with the rich kids yet for some reason I could never be friends with them. It was as if our class defined our friendships, our lives. I had never thought about this but now that I do, so many crazy things come to mind.
     Another thing that has been on my mind that I have been wanting to blog about is about or guest speaker on Monday. When we were asked to share in class how we felt about it I realized that the speaker had brought about several different emotions in different people. In my opinion, I saw the speaker as a very positive thing. Although I do feel that the speaker was very negative about Mart and gave us a very bad view about it, her visit brought out a really interesting topic. And although it felt that the visit from the assistant dean felt a little awkward as well, I saw her as a positive thing. Her question to Gwen brought out something positive in all of us.
    The class culture boxes were amazing! We are getting to learn so much about our classmates! It would be awesome if we had more time to go over them and learn a lot more about everyone. I can't wait to share mine next Wednesday and to see the rest of them!