What I've learned about myself in this course

Throughout the duration of this course I've learnt many things about our society, and the world as a whole. However, I have also learned more about myself throught these clases. I have learnt that it is possible for one to change their thoughts and beliefs simply by looking through someone else's eyes, no matter how long they have held true to their opninions.

AIDS & Disease

The World Health Organization estimated that there is 33.6 million worlwide living with HIV/AIDS, and with a new 2.7 million cases of HIV infections per year, this is surely classified as world issue. I don't know about you guys, but this figure makes me sick personally. The world has been well aware of this cause for some time now, but not as much as we hoped has changed. However, there is something we can do to help. We a large milestone is the "lack of education", we can help defeat this barrier by informing those living in the poverty of weaker nations about the importance of safe intercourse. By doing something as simple this, one can start themselves, and those around them on the right path towards a longer, and healthier future.

Racism

Racism is, and in my opinion, always will be an ongoing issue in our society. It is is grossly overlooked amoung our society, and considering it magnitude, it is quite shocking that it is not taken more seriously. Racism is the gateway to many acts of violence and inhumanity, and is the root cause for many of the conlficts in the world today. Racism extends from something as small as joking about someones skin tone, to commiting hate crimes engaing in acts of violence against a certain gruop/type of people. Stereotyping is a large contributor to the issue of racism, and this will never end due to all the factors creating this issue. So what can we do ? Well, even if the odds of ending racism entirely are low, there are still things we can do to prevent it from happening as often. Even if you do something as small as pointing out the ingnorance of someone's statement, or the illegitimacy of someone's comment, it well help show people that participating in acts of racism are not acceptable. We can do this ! don't give up hope.

"Evil" Quote Response

"All that it takes for evil to triumph is for good people to do nothing." This quote is implying that the world still has, and always will have a chance to stay peaceful, but only under the circumstances that we do not turn a blind eye to what is wrong. We can still do some good in this life, but only if we make that choice to stand up for what we believe in, and to come face to face with what may be our deepest fears, in the hopes that we are acting for the greater good of humanity.