Final Exam Discussion

Within the discussion that was had I learned that everyone in life has different perspectives and opinions on things. Even for people that look like me I realize that we don't all have the same stories. This discussion that was had really reminded me of nature vs. nurture. Are people the way that they are because of the environment that they were surrounded in or are they the way that they are because of how their parents and the people in their lives cared for them? Within this discussion some of the topics that we talked about was politics, the effect of social media, Black Lives Matter movement, and if you had to put a name for the era were living in right now what would it be?

I really did enjoy the discussion that was had. It was very interesting hearing the different perspectives on certain topics. I'm not really into politics that much. I just try to stay in tuned with the big news that may directly affect me or those around me. Which I don't know if that is necessarily a good or bad thing. But one case that we talked about specifically is the Brittney Griner case. Which is a case that I did look and read a lot into. She was just recently freed from Russian custody after spending nearly 10 months in Russian custody. She was freed through a prisoner swap. But there are other fellow Americans there still in Russian custody. Some people feel negatively towards the government about exchanging Brittney Griner for someone who is known as the merchant of death. But a fellow American Paul Whelan who is a former Marine is still in Russian custody. This case is still at the forefront right now.

Talking about the effects of social media was very interesting. I personally do not use social media to post and things of that nature. But I definitely can still see the effects that social media has had on this generation. A lot of my generations political views come from what they see and hear on social media.

I think that it is very important that we as society become more intentional about educating ourselves about things that are going on around us. We should expand our horizon about things that goes on around us. A point that was made during the discussion we had was that sometimes something that has happened will be at the forefront of the news for a few days and then it goes away. Although it may have gone away for you particularly for some people whatever may have happened is actually their reality. And we as a country should be more intentional about educating ourselves about things happening around us and being there to support those around us. We want someone to support us when we go through things, we should be willing to be there to support others. So being more intentional about educating ourselves about the world around us outside of our bubble we may live in.

I really enjoyed the part of the discussion we had about the Black Lives Matter movement. Although everyone has different views on the Black Lives Matter movement, I personally enjoy talking about the Black Lives Matter movement. I not only enjoy talking and learning more about it because I am Black myself but because it helps to open up people's horizon to the world around them. Some people are not aware of the world outside of them and some are not that knowledgeable about the Black Lives Matter movement. I really enjoyed this discussion that we had as a class. It definitely opened up my eyes to new perspectives and ways to look at things. It was interesting hearing the different opinions on things. I definitely enjoyed and learned new things from the discussion.