en-us https://www.intensedebate.com/users/4269901 Comments by aha5077 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2012/04/17/voices-from-the-classroom-149/#IDComment343870736 This is a great question, I’m not black, I’m from the Middle East and it’s a whole different culture from here. Most of the families there are very traditional and most of the people would stick with the religious rules. So if the community knew that you are gay or homosexual there is a big chance to see people offend you by saying. But people should know that this is not because that people are ignorant toward homosexuality rather than it is an issue with the idea it self. Most people believe in Islam by heart and they would do whatever prophet Mohammad said. And as Sam said it’s a sin to be homosexual in most of religions even in Christianity so it’s not only about Islam. Another thing I should mention is that even though gays aren’t welcomed in my community but there is always those people who will do their best to help gays or homosexual because we believe that homosexuality is a choice that people make and they make excuses to justify their actions and some of them think that they were born with and I say to them that for every disease there is a cure even homosexuality. Sat, 21 Apr 2012 02:19:15 +0000 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2012/04/17/voices-from-the-classroom-149/#IDComment343870736 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2012/04/20/voices-from-the-classroom-154/#IDComment343838541 i cant lie about it. This class is the best class I’ve ever had in my college life. I didn’t ever felt loving any class before but now I feel so bad that this semester will end and I think that I still can learn a lot about life from this great professor. This class did not make me change the way I think rather than making me more open toward talking about race. Also this class made me think more about other races and now I think I have more respect to other races and ethnics even more to other religions than Islam. Throughout my college life I have faced so many racist people but I couldn’t find a way to stop them or at least to say something really powerful to them but now I think I can do so. Other things I learned is that I should never judge people by their appearance or by their race or religion. I also liked how Sam always wants to explore more of everything, which is the same of what I’m doing now. I realized also that Penn state is a multiracial culture and it’s important to know more about every other race and try to understand other culture. Sat, 21 Apr 2012 01:34:31 +0000 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2012/04/20/voices-from-the-classroom-154/#IDComment343838541 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2012/04/10/voices-from-the-classroom-144/#IDComment338528062 I think that the “ what would you do ? “ clip was really interesting for me as a Muslim. As a stereotype in the Arab world people, might think that the Americans think of Arabs as terrorist. While we see in the video that not all Americans think like that which is so good. I felt really bad for this kind of discrimination toward Muslims and I would feel the same If I saw this kind of racism in my country toward another religion. If we want to analyze the movie more we can see that some of customers didn’t say anything and I think they did so because they didn’t want to get in trouble and everyone know that everyone is by his own and it’s non of their business to get involved. They might be supporting the cashier but we cannot really tell whether they are with or against the unpleasant incident. In the other hand we saw the two ladies who stood against the cashier and I really liked their action against him and they were really confident talking to him while the others stopped and watch the cashier talking really bad toward the Muslim woman and they didn’t do anything like the two ladies. And I think if you saw something wrong and didn’t stood against it then it means like if you are okay with it. As a Muslim I take Imam Ali who was the cousin of prophet Mohamma as a role model in my life. I learned from him that you should stand against any type of oppression even if you were all alone but you should not ever hide the truth. So from this great man I know that if I were in that situation I would never stay away and think that it’s none of my business. But I would stand and take action against these type of people and I think that the customers who didn’t like what happens and said nothing but having some weird face expression like if they don’t like what they are hearing, are mostly to be oppressed in the future because if they were in the same position as Musilm woman they would still don’t know how to defend themselves. After all I really hope if I were in that situation I would do the right thing and stop any racist cashier. Even thought I could be alone as a Muslim but I think there are so many good guys out there who do not like to see this kind of racism Sat, 14 Apr 2012 01:03:39 +0000 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2012/04/10/voices-from-the-classroom-144/#IDComment338528062 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2012/04/04/voices-from-the-classroom-142/#IDComment333240994 For the Sudanese clip I thought it was really interesting to see how they got out of the bubble and how they reacted in the United States. I thought it’s funny rather than insulting and we can learned from that that there is nothing such as the best country in the world. Everyone in this world think that his culture is the best because he is used to it. Even if we were born in a poor country we would still love it Fri, 6 Apr 2012 18:26:42 +0000 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2012/04/04/voices-from-the-classroom-142/#IDComment333240994 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2012/04/03/voices-from-the-classroom-141/#IDComment333234923 In terms of respect I can’t say a lot about that because I already agree with 80% of what the Hijab girls in class. Because I’m Muslim and I think it’s not only about respect but if you think of it the other which is if you have a meeting with your boss or for a job interview it’s 100% guaranteed that women and men will wear something appropriate as a term of respect and the same goes to when a Muslim girl who wants to pray she must wear something really respectful because you are facing god. And, if hijab got nothing to do with respect, then why does nun wear something like that? Fri, 6 Apr 2012 18:17:56 +0000 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2012/04/03/voices-from-the-classroom-141/#IDComment333234923 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2012/04/04/voices-from-the-classroom-142/#IDComment333224170 When we watched the Sudanese clip in class everyone thought that they live a horrible life and some students thought at first that those Sudanese men were really ignorant but after we saw how he miss his country so much and he like the social life there I realized that there is no perfect country. It depends on where we were born. For example if you were born in china we would assume that china is the best country and the same goes to United States and other countries. It’s all about putting ourselves in other’s shoes. Fri, 6 Apr 2012 18:00:47 +0000 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2012/04/04/voices-from-the-classroom-142/#IDComment333224170 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2012/04/04/voices-from-the-classroom-142/#IDComment333224096 I completely agree with Sam that this is the most needed class that we had. In fact this lecture is the most interesting lecture we’ve ever had during the semester. Even though I’m Muslim and but still we have similar issues toward Christianity and Jews. Unfortunately we see how Christians think that Islam is different and weird. And some of Muslims think the same as well toward Christianity when it’s all the same, the same thing goes to every religion and every race around the world. It’s wrong to make false assumptions on others just because we don’t know about their culture. As a personal experience I came to the states and I had in my mind that Americans are different in everything and I was annoyed at first and I had a culture shock. Then I started to know more about the American lifestyle and the culture here. Although I see a lot of weird things everyday but I don’t say it’s wrong or crazy as I used to. In fact I think it’s cool to see how different the American culture is than my culture. So far the class gave us a really huge opportunity to see the world in a different way and it’s really eye opening class. Fri, 6 Apr 2012 18:00:41 +0000 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2012/04/04/voices-from-the-classroom-142/#IDComment333224096 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2012/03/26/the-hunger-games-and-race-relations-in-2012/#IDComment328052363 When I read the article and saw what I saw I smiled for a second. I didn’t smile because it’s funny rather than on how stupid are these people and I’ve met a lot of people who are the same as those. Unfortunately we have a stereotype that the cute little girls should always be white and blonde and that’s no surprise even the black kids think the same as we watched in class. I watched the movie last week and I thought that rue is really cute girl she was very nice and kind. I just want to know why would they that about rue. Why couldn’t they think that it’s good that black and white collaborate to do the good? As my life goes by, I discover new things in the United States, and as a international student I had the impression that the white are better than the black and the Asians. That was three years ago, but now I completely felt that the opposite is right. I’m not saying that all the white people are racist. I’m saying that a percentage of the racist white people are way more racist than the black people or the Asians. But after all I think they were expecting something and the opposite happened and It’s just an opinion “ for some of them” Fri, 30 Mar 2012 20:59:50 +0000 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2012/03/26/the-hunger-games-and-race-relations-in-2012/#IDComment328052363 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2012/03/29/voices-from-the-classroom-138/#IDComment328037862 Actually I felt somehow bad after watching the video and that’s because of how white people think that it’s impossible for a white kid to steal a bike. Or they think that he could’ve lost the key to unlock the lock or anything but stealing the bike. While the poor black guy once he had been looked at the white people made a false judgment that he is stealing the bike. Most of the people who passed by the white guy and the black guy were racist, at least in my opinion. But for some of them they might have thought that it’s risky to go and talk to either one of them and might thought that they would get in trouble if they asked them to stop. Therefore, I think the white family had been in the same position as others but now they are a family and it’s more risky to get involved in such a thing. If I were in that place with my family I think I would go away so that my family wouldn’t get hurt because he might use the tools against me! So why would I put my family in such a situation. Fri, 30 Mar 2012 20:30:27 +0000 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2012/03/29/voices-from-the-classroom-138/#IDComment328037862 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2012/03/18/benefits-of-being-bilingual/#IDComment322893243 After reading this article I felt so lucky and I’m glad that I can speak English and Arabic. I never thought that its an advantage but many of my friends told me that really would like learn another language beside English and they think that I’m genius because I know two languages. Beside these benefits I think that if you knew two languages then you can think in two ways. And I’m saying this from a personal experience. Simply when you learn a new language simultaneously you are learning a new culture. And sometimes I think like Americans when I speak English. But when I speak Arabic it changes automatically. Another example, when I take math classes I think of it twice first in Arabic perspective and also in English perspective. It might sounds stupid but I’m 100% sure about it. As a middle eastern from Kuwait I think we Arabs in general are smarter in math and science classes but this got nothing to do with speaking two languages it’s simply because we invented most of it and that’s why we have big background for these subjects. After all its really interesting article it showed the benefit of being a bilingual speaker I’m proud of my self ;) Fri, 23 Mar 2012 19:51:26 +0000 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2012/03/18/benefits-of-being-bilingual/#IDComment322893243 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2012/03/22/voices-frorm-the-classroom/#IDComment322872357 Mostly I wouldn’t give up my chair. But probably I’ll try to share and work it either way so that all of us can benefit from this chair. If we think of it more then most of us would say that it’s not her fault it’s her grandparents faults, which is true. But I believe that we have the opportunity to fix it. One thing to mention is that giving up you chair depends on the person himself. When it comes to native Americans I think they deserve more than the white Americans because after all they are the natives! But if the person was a recent immigrant then the situation would be different. As a person opinion I wouldn’t give my chair unless he did something really good for my country. As everyone know that in the united states you can be whatever you want. It depends on ones will. In the same way native Americans have all the opportunities that they need to be on top of the mountain. If you decide to be a slacker then you will and if you want to be highly educated. You choose! You decide! You just need 1 opportunity to be what you want to be! Fri, 23 Mar 2012 19:11:52 +0000 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2012/03/22/voices-frorm-the-classroom/#IDComment322872357 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2012/03/15/voices-from-the-classroom-121/#IDComment317861028 I felt like most of the students were lied to, I mean they were given an impression that what happens around the world was all good and the us soldiers were the only good people. For me, the videos weren’t new, in fact I’ve watched a lot of videos on how the American troops were terrifying Iraqis and killing Arab Muslims for no reasons. And if I were to ask them one question I would really want to know if this is what Christianity taught you? Is this what Jesus told you to do? To kill innocent people! I think if everyone one around the world experienced what others have been through we will not have more violence. As Sam said in his talk its all about empathy. Let’s try to understand others, not only in wars but also for other issues like racism and sexism. After watching the video I now know the true meaning of terrorism. It’s not what we see on tv. But it’s what happen to children and women during wars like killing and so on. After all I think one lecture isn’t enough. I wish that sam talks more and more about wars because in my opinion these discussion shows who really is a racist who is not Fri, 16 Mar 2012 21:51:27 +0000 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2012/03/15/voices-from-the-classroom-121/#IDComment317861028 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2012/03/15/voices-from-the-classroom-123/#IDComment317745271 When sam started talking about war in Iraq and Afghanistan I had a feeling that a lot of unknown facts would be revealed. Most of the Americans think that America came to iraq to rescue it from terrorism while the truth is that America won’t do anything around the world unless they will benefit from it. Even me when I was kid the media had manipulated me and made me think that whatever was happening in Iraq was good. The I met some Iraqis and they started to tell me more about the war. we can’t forget that America helped us to defeat saddam hussain but I think they should have withdraw all the troops right after the invasion but since there are a lot of oil in Iraq they wouldn’t. I’m Muslim too and I feel so bad when I see other Muslims get hurts because they are my people. Of course everyone is equal and I would feel bad if an American got killed but come one! Who are the invaders? Aren’t they Americans? Why should I feel bad for them? When I see kids got killed and innocent men treated really badly how do thing would I feel? Where is the mercy? Back to the question, I’m 100% with war only if it’s against bad governments, corruption and if another country are threatening our land. And I really want to say that there is nothing at all that can justify what happened in iraq not even a single guy around the world and I won’t believe or accept any excuse. It’s all wrong and they all know it. Fri, 16 Mar 2012 19:03:04 +0000 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2012/03/15/voices-from-the-classroom-123/#IDComment317745271 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2012/02/29/what-more-do-you-want-to-think-about/#IDComment306476510 I’m taking this class because I didn’t have any choice but to take this class and at first I was really worried that I’m going to screw up in this class since I’m not that good at this type of courses. Usually I like to take science classes. But after attending the first lecture I knew it’s going to be fun and I thought for a while this is the sweet serendipity that I was missing. Sam is so informative and in the same time his talking to too abstract he give through at us his ideas and we have to decide which one is more logic. After some lectures I started to know more about racism in the United States, as I said before in a previous post that I’m from Kuwait so basically I’m learning a new culture. At first when I came to the states I had this thought that all the black people are bad and this stereotype I got from the movies I watched when I was kid and a lots of friends who went to the states told me about that. So after having so many discussions in class about black and white people I realized that it’s not like what I thought about before and actually there have been a lot of misconceptions. I mean why it always has to be that the white people are the role models and everything is based upon their actions. I remember one day where I had an assignment, which we had to go and interview students in the hub and we noticed that the black and the Asians were friendlier than the white students and they didn’t have any problems interviewing them. We laughed with them, we had a nice conversation and I think we made some new friends. Unlike when we interviewed some white students they were so creepy. So in general I think this was the most interesting thing we talked about in class. Also I think talking about creationism and evolutionism was interesting. I really want Sam to talk more about this issue since I believe in creationism but some times I think there might be a mix between the both of them. If we want to talk about the reading I think the third article and the articles about middle east and Islam were so interesting because I’m Muslim and I know how it feels to be discriminated for things we haven’t done. I really want Sam to talk about Islam and I believe that he know enough to enlighten the students about Islam. Again, there are so many misconceptions about Islam and people are talking about myths that aren’t true at all !! Fri, 2 Mar 2012 19:33:06 +0000 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2012/02/29/what-more-do-you-want-to-think-about/#IDComment306476510 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2012/02/23/voices-from-the-classroom-115/#IDComment300985813 It’s sad to see that we still have racism in our world. We are in 2012! Isn’t that too old fashion! I mean we could do better things than discriminate people according to their race. This is no surprise when we see that there are a lot of ignorant people out there with stupid thoughts. I have a friend who hates white people and when I asked him why? He told me for no reason! He just hates them and I’m sure that this applies to all other races around the world. Instead on moving on in life we are still fighting and we hate each just because we have different colors. I think if I was in a position to hire two people from a different race or color I think I wouldn’t choose one of them just because he is white or he is black. Instead, I will choose whom I like the most and I’ll look at each resume and decide the best one. Also getting a white name will not make us any better because your name is like an identity. So If I didn’t get a job because of my race I wouldn’t feel bad, actually I would fee sorry for the racist guy who didn’t choose me. I feel like this type of people spend a lot of time thinking about others and I think they don’t have self confident and that’s why they don’t feel good around people from other races. Unfortunately in Kuwait racism is getting bigger and bigger every day. For example in the past, we didn’t have race discrimination but now if you apply for a job. It’s no surprise if you didn’t get accepted because of your race or your religion. It’s really sad to see how people hate each other for a stupid thing “color”. After all haters will always hate .we won’t be affected by them so I think we don’t have to bother and care about them if they are ignorant. I found the question really interesting because we have a lot of race problems so I’m kind of used to it. Specially in Kuwait, In fact I’m really worried about getting a job when I graduate and go back home because I’m a Shiite and somehow a lot of other races look at us in a different way. I hope that we find a solution for this type of discrimination. and the first thing we should do to get rid of such a problem is to make campaigns to aware the people and tell them what will result from that. Sat, 25 Feb 2012 02:10:01 +0000 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2012/02/23/voices-from-the-classroom-115/#IDComment300985813 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2012/02/15/voices-from-the-classroom-105/#IDComment295344346 Well, I have a lot of friends who doesn’t believe in my religion and I’m totally fine with it as long as they don’t offend me. But there are few whom I had talked to them about my religion and theirs and they only want to express their thought but when I talk about my thoughts they laugh and they don’t take seriously and that’s because they think that they have the right religion. That’s is 100% wrong, god gave us brains to think! THINK! Not to do silly things and say you are right. I studies Judaism and Christianity and Islam. Then I studied more about Islam and now I can tell the differences between those religions. So I’m confident and I think I can argue with others. There are a lot of ignorant people. They don’t accept talking about what others believe in. I think the first reason for that is lack of knowledge and they fear the danger zone. Danger zone is when someone has doubts about himself and when they get their I think it might lead them to a lot of questions where they will fear the whole truth. I always want to know the true and the right religion and that what makes me read a lot about other religions and I don’t mind if it’s against my religious thoughts because after all we can think and decide what’s best for us and what we think is the right one and which one suits our minds. Second of all, I totally believe that there is almighty GOD who controls everything and I believe that Mohammad is his last and final messenger. I believe in that because I studied a lot of religions and I conclude that this is the best one. Also when we watched the clip in the class “ the one about universe” I thought that atheists couldn’t reply or comment on that because simply they know nothing and they think only about the present. They should think about death and the after life. I think it’s not logic that when we die we just die. One another topic is that a lot of people tell me how can we know more about religion and become more religious and I just tell them to read. Unfortunately they don’t, and when we discuss about a certain issue they argue like they know a lot and they pretend like if they know a lot, but the truth is that they are just trying to look like they know everything. After all the topic is so abroad and I think it depends on the person himself on how he will react to those minds. Sat, 18 Feb 2012 03:08:25 +0000 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2012/02/15/voices-from-the-classroom-105/#IDComment295344346 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2012/02/08/voices-from-the-classroom-100/#IDComment289030594 I came from a really religious family, my mom is SO religious but my dad isn’t that much and I think I have a god background to answer this question more than others. I’m Muslim and we believe in one god same as Christians and Jews. Sam’s question brings us to a really good point. I mean here, we must think about faith more than anything. God created us and he wants us to believe in him. It’s like when something happens to you, you must know that god is testing you and he wants to know how you are going to responds to that. And like prophet Mohammad taught us that we should always be thankful for whatever happens to either its good or bad. From that, I can learn that god made us all in a good shape and there is no reason to be mad. It’s just that the standards of beauty differ from one to another. And if someone is mad and doesn’t like the way he look like I think it’s his problem that he doesn’t have faith in god. In other words, if god gave you beauty then you should know for sure that it’s a blessing, and if he didn’t give you that then you should think of it as a blessing too, it depends on how you use the blessing. I mean in Islam we are taught that god gives and takes from us. You might be rich but you don’t pray, so god takes that from you. You might be pretty but you don’t thank god and you use it for bad things so bad things might happens to you like. And if you are ugly “you think” and you are ok with it and despite that you thank god then be sure that god will give you even more. And after all as Sam said in the class each race live in a different continent and I think that god shaped us so that we can live there and get along with it without any problems, for example, we “Arabs “live in a really hot climate but we are used to it and we are between black and white people and we are adapted to live there. We never complain because we totally believe in Gods wisdom and we believe if we want to complain we should complain about how we react towards God. after all I really enjoyed class and this question opened a new window on our beliefs and the way we trust god. some might have a weak faith in god and I think those are the most desperate about the way they look and for those who 100% believe in god this thing won’t matter for them Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:29:34 +0000 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2012/02/08/voices-from-the-classroom-100/#IDComment289030594 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2012/02/02/voices-from-the-classroom-96/#IDComment282997193 i'm glad that my parents are really open minded when it comes to marriage. it's just that i talked to them so many times about the race of my "future wife" they always kept on saying choose a good girl no matter how does she look like, if she is a good white girl then go for it, if she is a brown girl also go for it . Also, since i'm from kuwait and all of the females , black and white, look the same so i dont really mind in choosing any of them. But when it comes to adopting a child i think i will take my time thinking, because first of all even if i cant have a child i won't adopt a child and if choosing is a must, then i will discuss the matter first with my wife and see what she thinks. mostly, i would choose a child who looks like us " me and my wife" it's not because i dont like other colors, it's just that it wont affect him when grow up. because people might look at him in a different way since he is adopted and he might feel bad about it. one thing is that i don't care if i cant produce sperms, i'll just move on in my life and i will adpot a child only if my wife wants to. i also might look at the situation in a religious perspective. i'm muslim and in islam and in islam it's a sin to discriminate people by the race. it also tell us that we are all equal toward god, so i think i cant say no to a black child or a black woman, because i cant see difference between us and them. in fact in my whole life i haven't seen discrimination in kuwait toward black people. i knew about these stuff in the US and some white men gave me the impression that black people are dangerous and they are mean while the opposite is true. Fri, 3 Feb 2012 18:25:42 +0000 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2012/02/02/voices-from-the-classroom-96/#IDComment282997193 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2012/01/26/voices-from-the-classroom-92/#IDComment276313873 It’s seemed like an easy question but it’s now. Like when I deeply thought about it I found it hard to explain. Because throughout all the events I can’t decide who is right and who is wrong. Joe pa didn’t deserve the way he was treated but in the same time the victims makes me feel guilty for what happened to them, so I cant really decide who’s right and who’s wrong. I’ve learned a lot of things from the events in the past few months. And I learned a lot from Joe pa ethically. In other words, Joe Pa made a mistake and he was number one role model for all Penn Staters, and then he apologized for what he did and I think that regretting what has been done and to be honest to tell how exactly he felt is something big, and it meant a lot to me. He was an old man he didn’t want to get in trouble he thought that he did what was right at that time so there is no need from us to talk about him so badly. I believe that life is not fair, not fair at all, how come that they fire JoePa. When I came to penn state everyone told me that it’s all about Joe Paterno. “He is our man” they used to say. Then, the media comes in and they tell lies about JoePa, like Joe said that he told the police and If I was in his place I think that’s all I could do. and he didn’tt commit anything wrong, for what? Just to get some action and it resulted in firing the man who spent most of his life for this university. I also believe that what the media lied about is more shameful than what Sandusky did. Like the clicker question we had in the class for what side we would be if something happened for a really close friend, some said they would be on friend’s side and some said they would be on the other side. But in the real world they won’t choose the same action and that exactly what happened to Joe Pa. some students claimed that they love Joe Pa but after what happened they let him down. I mean we cant judge a person whether he is good or bad by one action. He was a good man and because of the scandals some changed the way they looked at him and said he is a bad man. Let’s think logically people, and let’s have some mercy for the Great Fri, 27 Jan 2012 23:04:04 +0000 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2012/01/26/voices-from-the-classroom-92/#IDComment276313873 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2012/01/17/voices-from-the-classroom-90/#IDComment270096779 I’m an international student so I don’t know that much about native Americans but after the lecture I had some thoughts like how could that they don’t ask for their rights. Even if they do, it sounds like they are struggling with life. I’ve always though of America as a multi nationals countries since there are whites, blacks, Asians, Arabs, Latinos etc. so I never thought that the native Americans live like this where the suicide rate is so high and their voice is weak politically. I mean they are like a minority in the state but still they should and must be treated respectfully and if anything to happen in the country we should consult them as a matter of respect. And it’s funny how people keep on saying that this is “ our land “ Actually we have the same now in Kuwait “ where I belong to “ they say that if your ancestors we Persians then you are not loyal to Kuwait! I mean what the hell is wrong with these folks. Every one of us is immigrant some of us came long time ago and some came short time ago there is no difference at all. I think if want to discriminate immigrants we should do it for real excuse and that is if they are ruining a country and if they are making bad things to others. But they didn’t do anything. In fact as Sam said if we have many and different ideas we will create something new so this will help the economy, education … etc. I believe that discrimination only leads to hatred nothing else it won’t make us feel any better. And in the same way you think that it’s your land, others also feel the same and by this I mean there are some Americans immigrates to Asia, Europe and Africa. So no need to feel like you are the only ones who have immigrants. Back in Kuwait most of native Kuwaitis say that we don’t need people from outside for the labor. But after Iraq invaded us we suffered for not having any labor force until things calmed down then foreign people started to came back to work in Kuwait. So I think it’s an advantage to have immigrants in the states and Americans should think of the bright side of it. After all native Americans are humans same as me and you, it’s not their faults that some white people invaded their land and called this land “ our land “they don’t deserve what they are facing now, they don’t deserve to live in a huge prison “ and be discriminated from others just because of their race. Sat, 21 Jan 2012 02:17:10 +0000 http://www.worldinconversation.org/2012/01/17/voices-from-the-classroom-90/#IDComment270096779