Ghandi stated: “An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind.” Use both of your eyes to look deeper than the headlines we are subjected to every time we hear about the most current world crisis. Deconstruct the elements that create and maintain prejudice, discover what it takes to move emotion into action, debunk old myths, explore unintended consequences for both victims and perpetrators, and learn about the positive advances that bode well for our future from both institutions and individuals. We will learn more about our own responses to culturally accepted ideas and beliefs at the beginning of the term. At the end we will have an opportunity to evaluate if what we have learned has changed our ways of reacting.
Required Reading: Zak Ebrahim, The Terrorist’s Son: A Story of Choice, (Simon & Schuster/ TED) 2014.