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    Facing History class prepared an Islamophobia activity to raise awareness about prejudice and bias against Islams and Muslims for the entire school. The class watched a powerful video of a white woman walking with her young daughter and was shocked when police arrested a white man with a laptop bag instead. Students then looked at three different pictures and stated our opinions about each picture.

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    Facing History class prepared an Islamophobia activity to raise awareness about prejudice and bias against Islams and Muslims for the entire school. The class watched a powerful video of a white woman walking with her young daughter and was shocked when police arrested a white man with a laptop bag instead. Students then looked at three different pictures and stated our opinions about each picture.

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    CassidyTitchenell

    MariaSilva
    Advisory
    February12,2016

    FacingHistoryReflection:Islamophobia

    OnWednesday,February10,2016,theFacingHistoryclasspreparedanIslamophobia
    activitytoraiseawarenessaboutprejudiceandbiasagainstIslamsandMuslimsfortheentire
    school.Tobeginthefacinghistoryreflection,eachadvisorywentintoaclassroomwithanother
    advisoryandtwostudentleaderstocollaborateopinions,questions,andideas.Myadvisory
    sharedaclassroomwithPaulHealysadvisory.Oncewewereallinanadvisorythestudent
    presentersintroducedIslamophobiawithaleadingquestionaskingaboutdifference,whatwedo
    withit,andhowitaffectsourlives.Toanswerthecheckinquestionswedidawhiparoundso
    thateveryonecouldsharetheiropinions.Afterwehadcompletedansweringthisquestion,as
    wellasacheckinquestion,thestudentleadersshowedusfourpicturesofachair,atable,abed,
    andabooksothatwecouldlookfortheobjectthatdoesnotbelong.Afterdeliberationbetween
    mypeers,thestudentleadersinformedusthatthereisactuallynodifferenceeachobjectbelongs
    becausetheyallfittogethersomehow.Thepurposeofthisactivitywassothatwe,thestudents,
    couldseehoweverythingbelongssomehow.Plus,wedidthisactivitytoseehowonemustlook
    foradifferencesincewedidnotnoticeanythingpeculiarabouttheobjectsuntilweweretoldto
    findadifference.Aftertalkingaboutthisactivitywewatchedapowerfulvideoofawhite
    womanwalkingwithheryoungdaughter.Asthewomaninthevideowasslowlywalkingshe
    heldherdaughtertightlyandeyedastereotypicalmuslimmanwithabeardcarryingalaptop
    bag.Thewomanhaltedwhenshenoticedagroupofpoliceofficersrunningtowardsthemanbut

    shewassurprisedwhentheofficersranpastthemanandarrestedawhitemanwithabag
    instead.Thevideowasquiteshockingsinceitportrayedmanystereotypesandassumptionsthat
    peoplemakeaboutonewithouttherebeinganyfactualinformationpresent.Wediscussedhow
    thewomansreactionsledustobelievethatshethoughtthemanhadabombinhisbagdueto
    herfacialexpressionsandbodylanguage.Afterwatchingthevideotheclassleaderseducatedus
    onwhatIslamophobiawas,whatthedifferencebetweenIslamsandMuslimswere,andwhere
    Muslimsmainlylive.Afterwelookedatthreedifferentpicturesandstatedourinitial
    assumptionsaboutthepeople,wecompletedtheactivitywithafinalreflectiononthedifferences
    weobserveatBlackstone.
    DuringtheactivityInoticedthattherewasasenseofuncomfortablenesswaveringinthe
    room.Attimesitwasdifficultforthestudentleaderstogetpeopletocontributesincepeople
    founditdifficulttogathertheirthoughtswithoutoffendinganyone.Therewasanumberoftimes
    wherethepresentersmadetheclassdoawhiparoundsothateveryonehadtoexpresswhatwas
    ontheirmind.Personally,therewasafewtimeswhereIfeltuncomfortablesinceIslamophobia
    isarecenttopicthataffectsanumberofcitizensandIdidnotwanttosaysomethingpotentially
    offensive.WhileIdidnotcontributeasmanytimesasIbelieveIshouldhave,Ididcontributea
    fewtimesduringwhiparoundsandwhenwewereanalyzingpictures.
    Ilearnedthatitisimportanttoembracedifferencesandnotjudgesomeoneorsomething
    forbeinguniqueordifferentthanmeorwhatIamusedto.ThisisanideathatIamalready
    familiarwith,however,thisfacinghistoryactivityreenforceditwhichcreatedamorestable
    imageofthedangersofstereotypesandassumptions.

    Intheend,IwasleftwonderinghowMuslimsfeelinAmerica.Wediscussedhow
    MuslimsarecommonlyidentifiedintheUnitedStatesandwhatstereotypespeoplemaymake
    aboutthem,however,wedidnottalkabouthowMuslimsmayfeelorhowtheyareaffectedby
    othersassumptions.Forinstance,IwonderiftheassumptionspeoplemakeaboutMuslims
    affecttheiridentityorhowtheymayignorethem.Overall,theIslamophobiafacinghistoryclass
    waseyeopeningtothenumberofhorriblelabelspeoplemakeandhowdifferencecanbe
    beneficial.

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