This comment was written by Chelsea Larymore on 8 May 2019.
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Education and Acceptance
12019-05-08T03:56:11-07:00Anonymous105811plain2019-05-08T03:56:11-07:00Chelsea LarymoreSpecifically addressing your section about Binti, do you think the fact that these students were well educated and intelligent had any impact on them accepting each other's differences? I agree that the ship certainly facilitated this acceptance and understanding, but I would also cautiously accept that the students being educated also played a role. That isn't to say that well educated people can't be discriminatory, because they certainly can. But would you agree that it is less likely when you have the capability of understanding a culture that is different from your own? Being able to learn about and understand a culture significantly helps in accepting the differences.
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12019-04-27T03:59:31-07:00Kiisha Hilliardd91712a2483a528aa121e75983c3454ac050719fEmbracing cultures: ready or not?9plain2019-05-01T11:53:13-07:00Kiisha Hilliardd91712a2483a528aa121e75983c3454ac050719f