Face to Face/ A Class Divided Response

     The first one I listened to was one by Muhammed El Nasla. He said he cam in to work a couple days after 9-11. Some of his coworkers asked him, "Why his cousins had blown up the world trade centers (face to face)." Another coworker asked him he had any bombs. He was very surprised and hurt by these questions. He didn't understand how people could joke about something that had happened a couple days ago. How can people be so insensitive? This event changed the Untied States forever and they are joking it. Tons of people died and they think it is okay to joke about it.

    Another man named Maher Hathout said that he had friends that were riding on a plane that where Arab or Muslim were asked to not ride the plane by other passengers because of their background or belief. He said, "It is embarrassing and humiliating (face to face)." This was aloud because of the events of 9-11. Even though the events were bad, not all Arabs and Muslims are bad people. They are people just like us. 

   A lady named Anjum Mir says, "Even though the feelings towards the events are rare we  have to go on living. We have to move (face to face)."Life goes on with or without you. You can 't change the past. You can only face the future. 

 
   The children in Ms. Elliot's class were all friends and all liked each other until one day Ms. Elliot told them that blue eyed people are better than brown eyed people. The brown eyed people had to where collars. The blue eyed people were told that they were smarter and could have seconds at lunch. They were allowed more time to play and could use the water fountain. The browned people were not allowed to play with the blue eyed people. Kids who were once nice each other had turned on each other in a matter of minutes. The next day the roles were switched.

   After both days were over the class sat down and talked about how they felt when they were looked down upon because of their eye color. They said they felt stupid and sad. Ms. Elliot had taught them how people who are discriminated against feel. The kids got to experience discrimination and not just talk about it. They had talked about it all year long. Now they really understood what it felt like. They had walked in someone else's shoes for a day.