One way that I can challenge my stereotypes and discriminatory behaviors is to immerse myself among Muslims. A good way to do this would be to attend a Mosque and experience the religion first hand. Another way to challenge these negative thoughts is to travel to a country that is primarily made up of Muslims. This will expose me to a different culture that relates to Muslim and may help me to better understand what the reasoning behind certain actions may be. Realistically, traveling to a different country would not be feasible. However, it would be something I am interested in doing. Like I had previously mentioned, I would like to attend a Mosque. This would also assist me in becoming culturally competent with the Muslim population. I would also do my own studying and looking at the values and beliefs of Muslims. If I am in a public place and ever feel scared or threatened because there are Muslims around, I should do my best to change my train of thought. I should change my train of thought by embracing all of the diversity that I am surrounded by. I should even engage in conversation to get to know the person better. By completely avoiding …show more content…
I need to learn how to fully embrace who I truly am by being a biracial, female student. It has been difficult for me to accept that even though I am biracial, I have not had any problems with discrimination. There are other females who are biracial and have had troubles with discrimination. Who am I to be less deserving of discrimination? It just does not seem fair to me that while there are others who are similar to me, I am privileged and they are not. This is something that I need to work on accepting, but if not accepting, at least being okay with. Although I am aware of my privilege, I need to be willing to accept my privilege. If I am not accepting it, then I will not be competent with future