Education Leadership

 

Quote that spoke to me: "...although the term race is not useful as a biological construct, policymakers cannot avoid the fact that social race remains a significant predictor of which groups have greater access to societal goods and resources and which groups face barriers - both historical and in the contemporary context - to full inclusion." (Smeddely & Smeddley, 2005) MY REFLECTION: Peru is described as a  diverse  multilingual and pluri/m ult ic ultural society and his History and cultural heritage to the world is undeniable to most eyes. However, these last two weeks as I was reading the course texts, some of my memories of my early childhood came back.  As a child I grew up surrounded by people of diverse ethnicity and race. In my eyes, the color of the skin, eyes, or hair meant nothing beyond the difference in color. Nonetheless, as I grew up, I realized I was living in a bubble. I learnt we were all poor , and that we had been marginalized.  At a str...