Throughout the semester we have talked about quite a few interesting topics in our blogs and in the classroom that we all have had different opinions on. It took me a little while to find something to talk about in this post because we've talked about racism, religion, privacy, and a lot of political discussions. I feel like in all my posts I never really looked at the other side or from another person's perspective on how they see it. Not only myself, but I feel a lot of people in the class this semester posted from their perspective or research they found on the topic.
When we talked about racism at the beginning of the semester, I remember Eric asked if I believe if racism is still alive and I answered no. I don't know why I answered no, but I don't think I looked at the big picture of it. Racism still exists in this world and it really is sad. I think I was looking at that from my perspective because I don't know anyone in my life that is racist or has a problem with me because I am black. What I should've done was look at it from other people's perspective and what is going on in the world today with the black lives matter movement and everything going on with cops killing black people.
Not only did we have a great conversation on racism, but we also talked about religion. People are going to have different perspectives on this topic because everyone comes from a different background or were raised differently. The majority of people in Utah are Mormon and that was a different experience for me when I came to Dixie last year. I remember two missionaries used to come talk to me about the book of Mormon with me and wanted me to convert. Although it was interesting learning a new religion, I was not ready to just convert to a religion I had just learned about. I kind of felt like it was being forced on me to get baptized and convert to being a Mormon. What I'm trying to say is everyone is going to practice religion they want or what they were raised on. Religion is not something that people can argue about because everyone is going to have an opinion on it, but it will be a conversation talked about for a very long time.
