Talking Points 3 Carlson

While reading this article I really didn't agree with much that was written. Carlson stated that each person has there place and they knew how to act it. This isn't right at all because most authors and people should know people are people no matter what race, gender, gay, straight, skin color and many other things that make them who they are as an individual. Wherever I usually go or watch on tv I can usually see this happening almost anywhere. Gays and multicultural people matter when it comes to education and administrators should never shut them out because a education is usually important for each individual.

I think this article can relate to the last 3 articles we read on Collier, Rodriguez, and Kozul because each of those articles can relate to this one on privilege and other people from other cultural places. Every person matters when it comes to education. They shouldn't be stereotyped or subjected to anything because hopefully by now people will treat them with respect.




The quotes that stuck out at me where :

1. "Like communist Slates,they have been based on the presumption that if students in the school community can be kept shielded from "bad influences" and provided only "positive" representations of community life, that they can be molded into "good," "well-adjusted" citizens and workers."

How can anyone state that these are bad people or will be a bad influence to society. That is just horrible. People are people and it seems to me no one will ever get that.

2."The commonsense perspective on language is that words refer to or stand for things, so that it does not really matter what you call these things."

People shouldn't think that this is the best solution to the problem because that still isn't right. They shouldn'y call them those names either because all it does is hurt them.

3. ""Gay" and "lesbian" or "gay men" and "lesbians" are the most "politically correct" labels,"

They shouldn't be labeled as anything either because they shouldn't be treated like that either. It shouldn't be politically correct either.

In conclusion people are people and that how it should be to this whole mess of an idea on how to solve things for gays, lesbians, and multicultural people. Don't label, don't use harsh words, or be mean to anyone that is different from yourself (not you but you guys know what i mean.). They are just part of society as regular normal people. If everyone would just treat them with respect, there would be no more problems about them in the future. Just remember it doesn't what they are it is who they are.