Reflection #1

After I read "White privilege: Unpacking the invisible knapsack" I took a moment to process everything that Peggy McIntosh was saying in her essay.  As white people, we learn a behavior towards other races without even noticing it.  We can blame racism, but racism is only a part of it.  I was reminded of a problem a friend of mine had when he was an undergraduate in an education class.  After doing a school observation, he wrote that the class he observed was not diverse, a vast majority of the students were the same ethnicity (not white) and there were only a few students who were different form this majority.  His professor criticized this and said this observation was wrong and that the class was diverse.  Could this be the white privilege in action?  Maybe in the US a white population is the majority, but in a class with only one or two white students wouldn't that make those few students the minority?

Self Introduction

Hello everyone!

I'm Rebecca Dickinson, but I just go by Becca.  I'm 22 and just graduated with my Bachelors in English literature today from UML, which is why I'll be following up this post with one on this week's reading. I'm in this teaching program to become a high school English teacher.  I've wanted to teach since I was 17 years old.  My chemistry teacher from high school was a huge influence on me, and after taking a class with him for a year I knew it was what I wanted to do. When I'm not in class and being studious with my homework, I like to run or go the gym.  I love cooking and trying new recipes (especially desserts), and since it's summer I'll be getting to the beach as much as I can.