Gayness, Multicultural Education and Community

After Reading the Article Written By: Denis Carlson i was in shock. We have come a long way with these issues but we still have alot to accomplish in order to make life easier for these people. We cant discrimate againist these people and we have to accept them because this is something that is happening alot more often. Some quotes that i felt were important in this article were

1. " Throughtout much of this centuary, the dominat idea of community in america was represented by what i will call the normalizing community".

This is so sad but true many believe in the community being normal and that when someone goes out of that norm they are wrong and we quickly discriminate against them because they are going againist what is normal.

2. " popular culture may represet idenity, but idenity also is represented in corporeal form, as individuales actively live...."

This is important because yes culture does show some form of your idenity it also mostly part of how you live your everyday life and what you do to better yourself. If we dont allow people to be themselves then how is this a free country.

3. "Up to one third of all adolescent suicide victiams are gay"

This broke my heart because it shows us how uncomforttable they are about there orentation and how we as a community dont welcome them enough and allow them to do what makes them happy.