This activity had a significant impact on the Persian community and various schools. Within these events, there were a range of individuals who were oblivious to the idea of natural equality among the races. During and after many of these public events, people started to understand the culture and history behind other ethnicity. In addition, since religion was involved, many conventional adults started grasping this idea that skin color was no fact to consider when it came to an individual's value. This realization slowly yet gradually spread throughout the crowd and their narrow minded mentalities with regards to race started to shift. The youth in our Socratic circles, which consisted of around twenty students, were also becoming more enlightened in this subject. Following our discussions we would speak of ways to combat racism and one of the ultimate solutions was always giving …show more content…
Every week this group of diverse individuals would congregate to discuss the issues of race that is unfortunately inherent in today's society. We would present historical events and documents in order to enlighten one another about the evolution of this heated matter. Socratic circles were common in our forms of organization when we would speak of this subject. I believed that this form of discussion was effective because it allowed members to critically think about the issue and propose methods to help others understand racial conflict. Our goal as a group was to dissipate the idea of being prejudice and to aid others in understanding that ignorance was the cause of discrimination. These discussions were followed by events that our religious leader would sponsor dealing with the idea of equality among all humans. Whatever God or identity we had faith in, had no intent for humans to degrade others purely due to their shade of skin. In the eyes of God all humans are created