Reflection # 8 EDF 2085

Shaniece N. Jeffers
EDF 2085
October 25, 2009
Reflection #8
Prof. Joseph McNair

Growing up we were always thought to listen to our parents, because they were always suppose to be right. If you tend not to listen to your parents you were either discipline or look down upon. Many parents always taught their children that we all are the same, and that no one is different from one another. But as we grew more maturely we understood that we all are different in some cases. Whether it’s your ethnicity, gender, social class, sexual relations most of us do stand out.
Everyone knew about the different social classes when we were in like middle school, but some of us didn’t quite understood the different we just thought they were classes that the government classified different people in. As time went on our parents explained that there were the first class which was mostly comprised of all Caucasian people, but as some of us got older we realized that it was really true. There are some wealthy African-Americans in the world, sometimes they just might not want to speak about it; or the media didn’t want to give them the respect like they gave the wealthy Caucasians. The middle class was composed of the not so wealthy people, but they had enough money to live off of; like the necessary thing in life. Finally we had the lower class, which was for the people that didn’t have any kind of money that could help them with the necessities in life; they were basically living off the government.
Society or should I say the media tried to deceive the younger upcoming generation by making them think that the first class was only for White and the middle class was for Whites and Hispanics; and the lower class was just for the Blacks. It’s not true though; some Whites and Hispanics are way poorer than some Blacks. It’s all how the media portraits the different races to be, without even giving the respect to where credit is due; despite the color of your skin. The media tries to brain wash the minds of their followers, and by doing this they start with their younger viewer so that they can develop the mentally of what the media taught them throughout their lifetime. It is really up to you, meaning if you were listening to what your parents were telling you or not.
Growing up, many children were also taught that being gay wasn’t a good thing. It really isn’t, but who are we to judge; exactly we are no one. I was taught not to judge others when I was growing up, that’s why when people who are gay or have other sexual relations; it don’t treat them different from no one. We all are different and we have different needs that we must adjust to, so we can’t judge someone by the way they feel or the person that they would like to become. That’s why we can always tell the difference between the kids that were brought up different, and the ones that paid attention to what their parents were saying; and not the media.
In life we must respect each other’s wishes, and tend to ignore the media when they come up certain nonsense that they come up with. With different genders boys and girls should know the difference between what a girl/boy is and that they have different body parts than each other. My parents always distinguish the difference between social classes, different races, different gender, and sexual relations. I always made sure that I listened to what my parents told me because I knew that later on they would be a useful tool in life. Remember we shouldn’t let the media brain wash our minds anymore, we must learn to think and understand different circumstances on our own.