We began the class by watching a TED talk by Bryan Stevenson who asks the TED audience to think about some of the more difficult inequalities that exist in the world and to begin to talk more openly about them. This video propelled our discussion on diversity through the lens of integration. Questions arose about what integration looks like, how it differs from diversity, and how challenging we feel true integration is to achieve. We connected feelings of marginalization and exclusion to issues around race, thought about whether our classroom is an integrated space, and how, while we say integration is something we want, we find ourselves wondering how true this is for the entire country. We acknowledge the role history plays in framing our current views on race as well as our families, friends, and communities.
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