Diversity In The Classroom: Film Analysis

The United States population is filled with diverse individuals. It is important for educators to understand that diversity in classrooms is not just based on race but ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender, economic status, learning disabilities, and etc. It may not affect your student directly but it can be a part of their family background. Educators may assume that students have the same social or educational status of each other which in some cases is not true. If they assume that every student is on the same academic level, the students may suffer educationally or emotionally. Teachers need to understand that all students grow and progress at different times and it is up to an educator to help start their growth in the right direction and to make each child feel accepted. Yale University () discussed how it can affect teachers if they do not understand how to assess diversity, “teachers may themselves feel out of place based on their own ascriptive traits (i.e. differences based on class, privilege, etc.).” Diversity in classrooms is becoming more frequent and educators need to understand how to properly assess their student’s based on their educational needs and how to teach other students how each of them are different individually. There is no right choice to teach diversity but it is something that needs to implemented in classrooms.

Growing up, I never had a “Dream school”. It seemed as if all of my peers around me knew what they wanted to be or knew where they wanted to attend college. Then there was me, as indecisive as ever. Do I stay in state where I could be close to family, or should I step out of my comfort zone and travel far?

Over the years we have seen the same white story told a thousand times that we have become desensitized to it, never expecting anything else. America was a European-White country but it has become one of the most diverse countries in the world, so American isn’t just white anymore. We are at a place in our society where we can and should be talking about race and one of the best ways to do this is through film, but there has been little to no change over the past decades. Films tend to lean toward white backdrops because it is more “relatable”; Noah the 2012 film used an all white cast because they were considered

As a black person, an agender person, and an asexual person, one can assume that with the research that I have done into the diversity and acceptance of minorities at college campuses would be met with smiling brown faces lying down in Ivy League quads and LGBTQA+ students organizing themselves under a rainbow flag as school administration looked on. This is exactly what I have found in college viewbooks and within the little pamphlets that urge students to pay a $75 application fee in order to seize their future at a progressive campus, because “success is a choice”. But with deeper research into college life, I was met with different reports of racism, sexism, homophobia, and transphobia in many aspect of the same college life I was being

Another topic discussed was ways to stop discrimination within professions and in everyday circumstances. Using the movie Crash, we were shown clips that defined different aspects of racism, sexism and inequality. After each clip, there was a discussion as to what type of discrimination was performed and ways to redirect that behavior. Within the packet, there was a diversity list that gave ways to stop discrimination. These behaviors included make new friends of all backgrounds, be willing to share in open dialogue, be willing to ask questions and several more. This list helps reiterate that learning different cultural backgrounds is easier than we think it is. Living by this list will cause a decrease in the amount of discriminatory actions

A simply put definition of the word diversity is the word difference or the word variety. Diversity can take place in many aspects of our life and the world that we live in today. We can have a matter of differences in the religion that we practice, our cultural beliefs or our core values. In fact, we can also have diversity in the variety of music we listen to however, at the end of the day it all comes down to what sets us apart from one individual to another or what makes us different. In the movie Freedom Writers, the students of Woodrow Wilson High School in Long Beach California faced many challenges with diversity and racism in their everyday lives that no one should ever have to face.

Diversity (cultural, ethnic, multi generational) can affect projects and programs. What is Diversity? Diversity can be a range of different things. Or it can be the state of being different. Multi Generation is when someone can relate to several generations. So, certain movies or films can relate to certain people better. Who watches it can affect the popularity of the film or movie. First of all the movie or film should not offend anyone. And most importantly, they should like it. The film should be racist or target any people.

I’m writing to you because your agency is one of the many that has produced a significant amount great and talented people. However, there is sadly just an altogether too reoccurring trait in your clients. One can't help but notice just how many of your clients and Hollywood’s A-list stars are caucasian. It also seems to be what the majority of every popular film has consisted of. Some examples are The Hunger Games, Divergent and recently The Fifth Wave. All of the mentioned are set in dystopian worlds and were books before movies. The characters are described as having a darker skin tone, yet the actors chosen were caucasian. The actors that are chosen for major lead roles to represent someone in a story should also be a representation of

I have a bit of a complex question. I am an undergraduate student at Tulane University and am enrolled in the universities combined degree public health program. I have been accepted to the master’s program at the Tulane School of Public Health and begun taking courses toward that degree. I am receiving my BSPH this spring semester and am scheduled to then begin my course work towards my MPH at Tulane in the fall. This may sound alarmist but in light of the recent election and the resulting severe uptick in hate crimes I have witnessed in my city and on my own campus I, as a queer and disabled student, no longer feel safe living in the South and attending my university. My family lives in California and it has always been a state in which I have felt safe and secure in my position as an equal and respected citizen due to its dedication to tolerance and nondiscrimination. This realization has been quite troubling for me because although I feel urgently that I cannot spend another year at Tulane, let alone another two years, it is far too late to begin the process of applying graduate schools that have a record investment in equality and inclusivity. Berkeley stands out as an excellent school truly devoted to fostering an on campus climate that is safe and inclusive for all students because of the immense efforts that have been put forward in response to the results of the campus climate

The diversity in Hollywood top films is low compared to the U.S. population. A study from Southern California's Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism shows that in the top 100 grossing films of 2013 fewer than 5% of the actors were Hispanic even though they take up 15% of the nation. Hispanics is one the fastest growing ethic groups in United States but yet they are barely seen in movies or televison.

After learning so much about diversity in my Cultural pluralism class, I know that learning and utilizing multicultural skills will come very easy to me. I have always been the type of person who is very open minded and understanding to others and their differences. Throughout my life I am usually the person that everyone comes to and confides in about personal matters they may be dealing with before opening up to anyone else about them.

According to the Census Bureau, the term “minority”, used to describe racial and ethnic groups in the United States, may need to be retired soon. In 2012, projections were released that by the end of this decade, no single racial or ethnic group will constitute a majority of children under 18. And in about three decades, no singe group will constitute a majority of the country as a whole. (CITATION) Why is this relevant you may ask?

Watching a sitcom movie in the U.S. is sometimes make me feel argued about it during movie time. Indeed, there are just some situations that cause me think they are a racialist to make their movies. For example, I have followed two movies named “Fresh Off the Boat,” and “Green Narrow.” All those movies are very attractive and funny, but when I think deep inside them. I see some scenes in both movies which mention that Asian people are not important in both of them. They have not enough places to act much on movies. On another hand, some cases make fun with Asians actors or actresses who try to adopt a new culture in movies. The watchers think it is absolutely funny; although, some cases make Asians people feel very embarrassed. However, in

When doing research for my topic, Diversity in Films, I came across many sources. The first source that I found was a scholarly journal named, Teaching Sociology. The journal, that was written by Mari Dagaz and Brent Harger, had a short segment about diversity in films. One of the main points that stood out was one about how women and minorities are portrayed in films. It stated that women and minorities in film are usually “underrepresented and based on traditional stereotypes.” This point is what I believe is one of the strengths of this source. This is because that short segment allowed me to think about my topic more and opened my eyes to what I really needed to look for. Although, the fact that it did not specify a certain minority nor give examples would be a weakness of the source.

Diversity in classrooms can open student’s minds to all the world has to offer. At times diversity and understanding of culture, deviant experiences and perspectives can be difficult to fulfill, but with appropriate strategies and resources, it can lead students gaining a high level of respect for those unlike them, preferably than a judgmental and prejudiced view.