Blog #3 Kste

I thought today's lesson was very important. After watching the first segment in class about the Little Rock Nine you had to have a great impact. The U.S. is a very diverse place more than we actually know, but people don't always classify it in a good way. They go by the race but not where you directly come from, as explained in class. People also classify us by where we live or how we live. I grew up in a small town and I meet new people that have no clue what small town life is like and I have been made fun of for it. People think that just because I'm from a smaller town that I don't have as much experience with job opportunities, people skills, etc. I know this isn't the same for everyone, but I have been told this. I can say that I think I have a lot of people skills because I knew absolutely everyone in my high school I knew who they were, and what they liked to do, and who they hung out with. I knew them as a person not just someone walking down a hall. I guess what I am trying to say is that we can't classify people by just looking at them or associating them with certain areas, like where they came from. We need to get to know people better in order to criticize, associate, or classify them as a certain way.