Homeboy, Home-home-homeboy

As a more technologically advanced generation rising, it is easy for others to have fun with the stereotypes made about a different race or culture. From a simple news report, now turned into a rap song, we assume this is funny because of his "ghetto-ness." The question is, do we laugh because we think this is typical, or do we laugh because he is different? Either way, we laugh. Could this be why so many children are still feeling like, as a minority, they do not belong? If we laugh at a video such as this, what will convince black children that they won't get laughed at to? As teachers we MUST be aware of these issues. We must be the example of showing our students that we are all children of God. No matter where we come from, what we look like, how we dress, what we smell like, we are all children of God. We can demonstrate this by not have prejudices or biases ourselves. By giving every child equal opportunities. They deserve the best. 





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Antoine Dodson: News report