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Elizabeth Irocentric Model Of Development

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Like race, gender can be used by a sexist society to throw up a barrier to women's development and negatively affect their learning experiences. In a culture where the default human is seen as a White male, the model for individual human development has been structured around White, male life experiences. As a result, when compared to these androcentric models of development, women are often seen as lacking.
Race, gender, and class, in addition to other characteristics such as geographical location, ability/disability status, and religious backgrounds affect everyone not only in our development, but also in how we experience educational environments and our learning process. Because of racism and sexism, certain learners may feel that they …show more content…

Elizabeth Eckford faced many obstacles and challenges throughout the book. She was one of nine African American teenagers to try and fit into Little Rock, Arkansas, Central High School. The photo posted at the top shows her walking into the school and many Caucasian adults the students are surrounding her taunting and shouting at her. In the photo, the girl Hazel Bryan, was caught in the midst of yelling a racial nickname. The moment depicted in that image stuck with these two girls throughout their lives. Elizabeth had many struggles throughout her life. She had to deal with depression and anxiety throughout adulthood. She was diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder due to all the constant bullying she experienced at Central High school. Her disorder was so bad she had to drop out of two colleges that she attended. After she transferred she dropped out to marry at age sixteen. Hazel did not call Elizabeth to apologize for what she had done to her until she was the mother and had two children of her own. In time the two women eventually reunited and even became friends but the guilt and pain each experienced from the photo would haunt them and eventually crush their friendship. Elizabeth and Hazel would no longer speak to each

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