Visiting the Museum of Tolerance
- jnguyen154
- Aug 9, 2015
- 2 min read
Term
Summer 2015
Description
During the summer semester of 2015, MSHE students were required to take a course on the Diversity, Access, and Equity in Higher Education (EDAD 524). In this course, we were required to take a visit to the Museum of Tolerance. Our entire cohort went to the museum and we had an opportunity to reflect on our visit through discussion as well as through a course paper. I chose to make this an e-portfolio entry because I have been to the Museum of Tolerance many times however; at this time in my life I am exploring my identity and the intense subjects of equity, oppression, and social justice. I felt this would be a good entry because my visit to the museum will be in an entirely different context and state of mind than ever before.
Learning Outcomes
SWiBAT #1: Develop a deeper understanding of social oppression and articulate these insights through journaling and classroom sharing.
SWiBAT #2: Distinguish two historical events and identify two concepts from course curriculum that give rational for how acts of oppression or hate like these can occur.
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Evidence
Reflection
Visiting the Museum of Tolerance was very important to my learning and reflection over the summer. Seeing and hearing firsthand experience of Holocaust survivor helped me to see the deep impact the Holocaust has had on people, society, and our world. I also saw the human spirit in the speaker’s ability to forgive and move toward reconciliation.
It is important to both recognize and acknowledge the past, as well as finding ways to amend for injustices while working toward reconciliation. It was equally powerful to read other accounts of oppressions such as the Japanese Internment Camp and other government practices that discriminated against its people out of fear and ignorance. The learning from this visit and my class has helped me to continue to keep a social justice framework in my thinking, reflection, action, and work. I want to be conscious of how my actions can affect others, and in what ways I can help breakdown these oppressions and help bring myself and others toward reconciliation.
This summer was the hardest for me in regard to identifying the social oppressions in our society. I had some trouble being aware and conscious of microaggressions. However, through the course and the visit to the Museum of Tolerance, I believe a competent in both learning outcomes resulted. I understand the continued issue of social justice in the institution, but I know that I need more knowledge to become a change agent.
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