Through the course of Perspective Diversity and Equity I have learned soooo much on the subject that I feel like I can love, appreciate and respect more cultures and support all of our equality.
One hope that I have as I continue my work with children and their families who come from diverse backgrounds is that I do not want to unintentionally insult them. I want to respect and validate them. I want to get to know them better. I find the differences better. In the past, while I liked the past, I would unintentionally make comments or try to correct things that I saw them doing that was different. Now I want to embrace that, encourage it, and validate the differences. Just because a family's culture is different from the dominant culture does not mean I can not support them/that. I want them to know that we all matter.
A goal that I have set for the early childhood field that is related to the issue of diversity, equity, and social justice is to validate all cultures. We matter. I want to spread to others what I have learned about Diversity through this class so that other colleagues who did not have the opportunity to take this course still have the opportunity to be educated and not unintentionally insult another person who is not like ourselves and finally and probably most important, identify our own social identities. We must first know who we are before we can tackle someone else, especially children and their families.
Finally, I want to thank all of my colleagues and fellow classmates who have helped me grow through this process. I have really learned a lot about diversity, equity, social justice, and myself. Your input and feedback was valuable. I know that I am not in this journey alone, so again I thank you from the bottom of my heart. Good luck to us all.! :)
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