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Diversity Field Report

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“92 BLX The Beat of The Bay. This is DJ Rodsky” boomed the radio into my preschool classroom at St. Mary Catholic School. My best friend Emani's dad was featured on the radio that morning, and my teacher let the whole class tune in. While in may seem like an odd occurrence to listen to a rap station in a preschool setting, it highlights the attitude towards diversity that shaped my formative education. Instead of the hand-picked, curated diversity that sometimes plagues schools, this encounter demonstrates the raw, unalderterated diversity that kindles appreciation for all races, genders, backgrounds, or affiliations without any reservations. This unique experience from such a young age paints a clear memory in my mind that denotes that diversity is important because it gives people a new perspective on life. People that move through life totally unaffected by the reality of diversity, sheltered from the harmless encroachment on their social organization, lack the ability to be able to fully understand people from different backgrounds or races that they meet in the real world. Being exposed to diversity in all forms at a young age helps develop in people humility, compassion, consideration, …show more content…

Mary Catholic School manifests the imperativness of diversity that derives from the reflection of the real world it presents on a small, comprehensible scale. Confidently stepping into the real world without having been adequately prepared by exposure to people that possess different characteristics from one's own sets one up for failure in an unfamiliar environment. People that do not experience diversity are ill-equipped to handle real life diversity because they have never learned how to deal with it. Having been presented with opportunities to handle diversity in my past, I am able to manage it in everyday life, which is a vital skill crucial to becoming a functioning part of

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