Practincing Awareness of Microaggression

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Practicing Awareness of Microaggressions

This week one example of microaggressions which has been detected for me comes from movies that I watched on the Hallmark channel.  The Movies is called “The Water Is Wide” is star Jeff Hephner, Alfred Woodard (2006).  A stellar cast and strong scrip greatly enhance this uplifting fact- base drama set in 1996 about a teacher. Pat Conroy (Jeff Hephner) who accepts a position on a remote island of the South Carolina cost where the kids are barely literate. The movies context has strong representation on what is mean to be microaggression in the south. This shows us that in today’s social there lay racial literate and cultural difference.  This picture demonstrated that if our children are not taught they will grow up in a culture of literates and inequality. It shows us how culture of inequality can be taught for generation to generation.  This movie demonstrates the love and care of a teacher that want to make a difference in the community. Mr. Conroy open the eyes for the children and the community to teaching this what other culture can be like.  At the beginning of the picture, a black teacher (Ms Woodard) style of teaching was not to teach the children be to bet.  The children were from the age of 9 and 10 and could not read some could not write, but the teacher has been teaching them the way that the state regulation has passed down from years of teacher.    The education department was run by white male that want the community to stay on the island and be unaware, Inferiority, superiority as well as sap the spirit for the community and the people on the Island (Hephner & Woodard, 2006).

Just as this movie open the eyes to what a true teacher can teach the children in this community. It also, opens the eyes of the teacher to understand discrimination can be change with community backing.  Mr. Conroy loses his job be he open new doors for the community. He taught the community to come together and have a word in what is right and wrong in the community (Sue- Wing, 2011).

This demonstration of microaggression taught me to be open the all there is to teaching young children and not give up. It taught me to understand teaching is a gift, to love children and respects them and no matter what any child can learn.  The children on this island came to him not able to read and write but learn how to inspire him to teach them.

Reference

Hallmark (Producer). (2006). The Water is Wide [Motion Picture]. United State .

Sue- Wing, D. (2011). Prespectives on Diversity and equity microaggression in everday life. Retrieved March 28, 2013, from Laureate-Media.com : http://mym.cdn.laureate-media.com/Walden.EDUC/6164