Sam Conte Religion

Sam sees stereotyping often in the community, and he wants to fix it. He frequently notices that people judge him because he is both Caucasian and Jewish, so he starts up conversations with random people. On page 31 of Seedfolks, Sam says, "People see I'm friendly, no matter what they've heard about whites or Jews." Sam knows that people are always going to be judgemental, because that's what society has taught them, but he still tries to help people find the good in others and spread kindness. Even if people do judge Sam, he has learned to brush it off and continue on with his life.

On Wednesday, January 25 at 10: 30, I interviewed Stephanie Moret, a graduate student at Northern Arizona University. Ms. Moret is an English major, with her specific graduate program being Rhetoric, Writing and Digital Media. Her thesis focuses on how using social media could solve problems with understaffing, specifically in her hometown. Hopefully in a few months she will be able to put her thesis to the test back home, where she hopes to get a job with the city. She will help with their social media and marketing department, as well as overseeing their aquatics department. I met Ms. Moret my first semester at NAU in English 105, where she instructed me on how to write a wide variety of essays both individually and collaboratively. I chose to interview Ms. Moret because I am currently unaware as to what I want to do career wise, however, I know that I will be

Morgan Jackson is someone I met within the first week of my freshman year (this was a feat in and of itself). I remember meeting her and wanting to be friends with her because she seemed smart-witted, friendly, and considerate; so I started to talk to her about biology and pre-med (because she is a biology major with a pre-med emphasis). She is one of those people who has their life together; she handles the balance between her extracurricular activities and academics impeccably. She has a 3.8 GPA and has a high class standing. For as long as I have known her, Morgan has always been involved in Lottie’s Hall Government. In fact, it was through Hall Government that we became good friends.

Prejudice and bigotry have created chaotic situations in history while becoming integrated into society. Evident prejudices remain the basis of events such as the Holocaust and the Rwandan genocide. Although both events are extreme situations of bigotry, prejudices towards religions and ethnicities still remain. Sister Rose Thering conducted a war against prejudice towards the Jewish people. The entire religion was blamed for crucifying Jesus. Sister Rose’s unique and commendable actions allowed her to be successful in her strife against prejudice and bigotry. She even influenced me to take action against bigotry with knowledge instead of simply hoping for the best.

Throughout the course of humanity, outspoken citizens have led the world in demolishing injustice. Many social diseases such as bigotry and prejudice, issues still prevalent today, have been challenged and demolished by courageous men and women. Among these challengers of bigotry is Sister Rose Thering, a church member who challenged centuries of negative pedagogies of the Catholic Church in regards to the Jewish people. Sister Rose’s advocacy against injustice inspired generations of change and challenge of prejudice ideals and institutions. She inspires change even in modern day, and teaches what simple measures can be taken to prevent prejudiced ideals.

I started off by asking a lot of questions about her career and what college was like for her. The first question that I asked her about was why she decided to go into library science. After working during her undergrad years as a student worker at Northwestern College library, she really did not see herself going into any other career. We then begin to talk about what her roles were while working in an academic library. She then stared to say she is a reference for students, in charge of band book week, outreach programs, administrative work, evaluating all of the reference tools and the chair of meetings. We also talked about what was graduate school like for her. Krista graduate school experience was awkward. She was one of the youngest

There is no doubts that religiosity is usually experienced by individuals as a vehicle through which one does good company and as such might be expected to mitigate against prejudice. First, the coexistence of religious teachings related to tolerance and prejudice among religious individual seems to be contradiction only if prejudice is Defined it too narrowly, intent of antipathy. An equation of prejudice with antipathy is simplistic in part because even evaluatively positive attitude can be constructed as a form of prejudice in that they can legitimize the unequal treatment of groups. Second, religious teachings that advocate love, acceptance, and so on are likely insufficient to mitigate against prejudice and discrimination because intergroup responses involve not only explicit attitude and motives that may be shaped by things such as teachings related to tolerance, but also implicit attitudes or processes that are shaped by less deliberative mechanisms such as emotional conditioning, early experiences, and so on. Sarah, as with many believe system, some religious teachers themselves contained or are perceive to contain, justification for particular negative

I remember this little old moment during the semester when we barely talked. I don't think we hd previously met, although this was a while after Senior Seminar started, but this all changed when I sat next to you on the field trip we took to Bentonville. I had previously heard of the musical Hamilton, but had never listened to the entire musical. That is until this woman sitting next to me in the car started playing the entire album and singing along. I was like "I think i'm starting to like Hamilton!" By the time we had returned to Stillwater, I felt like I really got to know a new kindred individual named Sam, who, I will admit, I actually forgot your name, is actually pretty cool, smart and definitely pretty amazing at singing Hamilton

There is so much controversy when discussing different religious beliefs. Everyone has a different belief system, and who is to say which is right or wrong. Accepting these differences and avoiding judgment against those with different beliefs is the end result we are looking to achieve as Americans. Unfortunately there are a lot of opinions on what religious beliefs are acceptable and what religious beliefs are unacceptable. The ultimate goal is for everyone to accept that their religious beliefs are not right for everybody.

Pre disclosure: Please read the entire essay and do not judge my upbringing. I was raised extremely religious to a sense that I am almost ashamed of the hate that I was taught towards particular types of people.

My Mother’s family comes from the completely opposite end of the educational spectrum, but from a similar social background. Her family is from Iran and are also Assyrian Christians, both groups were also minorities in Iran. As such they faced persecution but garnered huge respect. Both my Grandparents were teachers and my Grandfather actual went on to be become a physics professor and the first Christian accepted to the regional University. My Mothers parents were academics who made sure that she got a proper education. However, things changed when the Iranian Revolution began. While she did not grow up in a bad neighborhood, most minorities groups lived in one area. This included, Christians, Jews, Bahá'ís, and various ethnic groups. During the

In some case, religion does influence an individual’s occupation choice because it depends on his or her way of thinking as well as principles. Occupational choices also play a major role in religion. This is the reason why many would never become police officers, military, or correctional officers because of the physical force and violence that occurs on the job. Social network does affect an individual choice because religions have their own personal networks and support for people. The personal support offers opportunity for group collaboration amongst people who see eye to eye, develop relationships as well as social bonds (Lim & Putnam, 2010). Views on marriage are definitely influenced by religion because many people have a tendency to

“When was the last you heard about someone being discriminated for their religion?” Pretty recent right? There have been many incidents of a whole religion begin discriminated for a single thing that one person did. I believe that many religions fall victim to these claims, and sometimes cannot get a job due to this. People should not be quick to judge and instead realize the big picture.

In modern society, there are underlying issues regarding discrimination and harassment. Women are degraded on a daily basis, racial injustice continues to grow, and conflicts between religions have escalated to murder and war. The underlying cause of these issues lies in that people separates others into groups then judge them for their association, before determining their character as a whole. Many, without taking a moment to determine who the person is, instead base race, gender, or religion as a determinant of an individual’s character. African Americans are assumed to be thieves and gang members. Latinos are assumed to be drug dealers. Women are assumed to be less competent. Muslims

To start the interview I asked, “Who are you, where are you from, and how would you describe yourself?” as my first three questions to break the ice and set the tone (I already know the answers, but asked for the purpose of the interview). She said her name is Rosalba, but everyone calls her "Rosie" (She didn’t want her last name on the paper). Rosie is Hispanic, and was born and raised in California but grew up with Mexico’s traditions and some beliefs even though she has some personal beliefs surrounding them. Once in a while, she comes up to Canada do visit her father’s parents and brother. She follows her grandparents’ and parents traditions’, and does not do it to please them, but because it defines who she is. She got a little nervous and started to fidget on cam when she was thinking of mentioning this next part because she knows I am atheist, and have a lot of bad experiences with Catholic followers. Rosie explained that she is Catholic, but everyone assumes she is Christian.