In the Hyphen-Nation video titled Ayman by New York Times, Ayman explains that his parents are from Sudan, but he was born and raised in America. Ayman states that he is treated as an outsider in Sudan and even more so in America despite being born and raised in America. He shares one of his experiences with us, in which he was on his way back to America from visiting his family in Sudan while going through security in the airport the a security guard stopped him and put him in a different line to go through extra security measures for no apparent reason. Ayman Exclaims that America is for the rich white men and not for anyone else. The vocab that fits with Ayman’s experience is... Stereotypes: Stereotyping someone is judging someone based on what similar other people have done or like. It was pretty obvious that the airport security stereotyped him because he is going into America and is not white that he may be a terrorist. Race: A word made up to justify racism, that now means where you come from / your genes. It ties in with Ayman because the airport security either subconsciously or consciously targeted him for his race. Dominant culture: The culture that has more power over other cultures. He was neither the dominant culture in America or Sudan. Privilege: The rights people are given at birth by their race, religion, sexuilty and wealth. Ayman was less privileged than the others. I picked this video because I have been on more planes than the average person (I think) and so I felt I can really show how our experiences are different and how they are similar, if they are. My experience defers to his experience as in I have never been forced to go through extra security or anything like that, But my experience normally consists of going through security pretty fast and unbothered, at least for racist or biased reasons there is only the few forgot the soda was in my carry-on bag. Or the person who gets real confused by anything and then everyone else also gets confused as to why he is confused. I know stuff like this happens all the time, I don’t think it should, but maybe that's what changed. Maybe it changed my view on what I can do to help, no what I should do to help. Aside from going to one blm protest I don’t know what I can do to help. Yes, I liked this unit, I knew about a good amount of Racism related topics from over hearing my mom and sister discuss that it is not fair. So I like the whole spreading awareness too and I think you should teach the next 8th graders it as well
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