When my theater teacher taught us in class that we must accept other cultures I could see the mush filled heads around me nodding in agreement. I always hated this kind of unthinking acclimation. “The professor has said it so it must be true.”. I would always take these chances to make the masses start to think on their own. This time I rose my hand and asked the teacher “Do we accept female sexual mutilation in muslim countries in Africa?” she just started at me. Then I asked “Do we accept 8 year olds being sold into sexual slavery in Muslim countries?” she kind of stammered this time. Then I added “Do we accept female fetus termination in Asian countries?” She began to say something when a young girl spoke up and asked me “does that stuff really happen?” The teacher spoke over my answer and told the girl that yes that kind of stuff happened but that it was rare and that I am overstating the situation and that those things are not really part of anyones culture. I smiled and had 10 students asking me questions after class. I pointed them in the right direction and slept well that night knowing that I opened up 10 minds that will no longer take for face value what their teachers tell them.
AWESOME! I am going to steal that technique and use it the next time I see a weepy liberal imploring that we need to embrace diversity...
Bravo! My son has suffered poor grades in some of his college classes because he dared to expose the class to points of view which opposed the professor’s indoctrination material.