What I wanted to say....

but I didn't!!!!

Immigration is a subject that brings out some interesting feelings, mostly strong, out of everyone, not a single person in our country can say they do not have an opinion. I have logged in everyday to read people's responses and my mother has always told me if you don't have something nice to say than don't say anything. Unfortunately my grade is based on how I respond to others, and this particular thread has disturbed me, really angered me. I have not said much, but I guess I have to, I am really upset by how some people's ignorance is being shown. I really thought this class was to discuss Ethnic and Social Relations, how this has impacted our country and how we can make changes in the system. I was not expecting that we would be doing nothing more than attempt to uphold the status quo and make ourselves feel better about how we fit into the fabric of America.

I have read all of our text and I am surprised that more people have not yet began to either echo or at least acknowledge the sentiment. There really is white privilege in our country, we really do have a long way to come in order to equalize the status of everyone in our country. The questions that are posed by our professor seem an attempt to get us all to think out of our comfort zone and maybe come to a different conclusion than we used to, learn from our text. But I still see a lot of people simply strengthening their own opinion with out any real data or information to back them up. It seems as though stereotypes are being strengthened and not broken down, our threaded discussions are only proving how not racist we are or how we are not responsible for the way our country is.

I know we are all entitled to our opinion, but in a class like this, in a field such as Social Work, isn't it our job to attempt to be understanding and use the system that is at our disposal to make changes in peoples lives, how can we take those kinds of steps for people if we are blinded by our own bigotry.

I said something much tamer....and way lamer!!! Sometimes censorship is a good thing, just makes me hurt on the inside that I can't let everyone in my class know how I really feel...ugh!