Had a new class today called Learning Communities. It was taught by a women named . She was an amazing facilitator. First we went around the room, introduced ourselves, told a story about our names an then name3d to things we loved. It was a fun exercise and the first time I admitted to making up a story about my name. My parents just picked my name and I always thought that was boring. So, I would tell people that the named me after the Frankie Avolon song "Diana". Besides admitting to making up lies this exercise was nice because I learned a lot about the people in my cohort.



After everyone had a turn we began to talk about culture and what that means in our society. We talked about how everyone has culture and how different cultures have different idea and belief systems. No one can completely understand how it feels to be different then they are. We can only be open, understanding. We watch a movie called "Prom Night". I is a movie about a town i Mississippi that still had segregated proms in 20008. Morgan Freeman offered to pay for the pro if they integrated. He had offered this once before in 2002 and they turned him down. I just can't believe that anyone anywhere in the US still thinks like this. How can people hurt other people that way. It made me think about being more pro active about how I can help stop prejudice.