Evaluating Impacts on Professional Practice
Being one that has experienced many issues regarding the
biases of others that failed to respect and consider the personal identity of
myself, I recall suffering consequences that were beyond my control. Therefore,
with being an early childhood educator and working with a multi-cultural group
with diverse, personal and family cultures and identities, I can imagine the
forms of biases and inequalities that these children and families.
Just to pinpoint the hardships of transnational families. I
feel that they can relate to feelings that may tragically effect their
well-being and social identities. “Transnational families face many of the same challenges as
immigrant families— adapting to a new culture, learning a new language,
locating suitable and affordable housing, seeking jobs, and adjusting to the
educational and larger societal systems. (Enu Kyeong, C. Chen, D. W. &
Sunghee, S. 2010).
With prejudice comes neglect and with neglect leads to
inequity. When families are bypassed by receiving services due to their class,
family income or language, etc., this can cause an effect in their well-being. I
have witnessed families that lived in poverty-stricken environments to be left
behind in the chances of seeking an education. Situations such as these can
make a huge impact on the outcome of a family’s future. Religion-ism is one
that I highly expect families to expect. As most of us know that Christianity
is known as a dominant religion, in which America caters to, there are families
of different religions and cultures which can cause a wide range of biases
towards one family to the other, no respect for the values and beliefs of each
other and no consideration either. “In everything they do, families communicate
their cultures values, beliefs, rules, and expectations to their children”
(Derman-Sparks & Olsen, 2010).
References
Derman-Sparks, L., & Olsen
Edwards, J. (2010). Anti-bias education for young children and ourselves.
Washington, DC: NAEYC.
Eun Kyeong, C., Chen, D. W., &
Sunghee, S. (2010). Supporting transnational families. YC: Young Children,
65(4), 30-37. Retrieved from the Walden Library using the Education Research
Complete database: http://ezp.waldenulibrary.org/login?
Hi there Diedre,
ReplyDeleteReligionism is the biggest pain in my booty at this place and time! Whenever I hear someone say their religion is the "correct" or "right" one just because they are the loudest or most common makes my blood boil. This false sense of "truth" leads to a gross imbalance of power and an increase in inequity. Each individual has needs equal to everyone else that should override any sense of privilege or bias as at the end of the day, we are ALL human. And that should be enough.
Powerful post - thank you!
Heidi