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Facinghistoryessay
Facinghistoryessay
PaulHealy
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FacingHistoryReflection
ThisyearFacingHistoryfocusedonjustonebigtopicwhichwasMicroaggressions.
Microaggressionsareoftenoffensivecommentsoractionstowardsminorities.Asimpler
definitionisanunintentionalstereotype.TheFacingHistoryeventthatIlikedmostwasthe
Islamophobiaevent.IwasntveryawarethattherewasevenasuchthingasIslamophobia.
ThroughthiseventIlearnedaboutmultipleconceptssuchashowmanytimestheypray,their
structureofpraying,whypeopleareafraidofmuslimsandalsowhytheyshouldntbeafraidof
them.IknewthatsomepeoplewereafraidofthembutIdidntrealizehowmuchofabigdeal
thatitwas.IlikethiseventbecauseitissomethingthatIneverreallypaidattentiontointhe
worldanditmademerealizehowrudeandinconsideratethatsomepeopleintheworldareto
certainreligionsandnationalities.Thiseventaughtmetobethankfulforallofthefriendsof
differentnationalitiesandreligionsthatIhave.Ittaughtmethatnoteveryoneintheworldare
cruelpeopleandthatsocietyneedtostopdowningtheMuslimcommunity.