Wednesday, December 8, 2010

Gayness, Multicultural Education, and Community By Carlson


Gayness, Multicultural Education, and Community By Carlson
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Homosexuality is a very controversial issue.  No matter where you are there can/will be someone around you that is homosexual.  Some are comfortable in their skin that they can come out, while others either have catholic families or do not have the support system that they need or want to have.  In this article, Carlson argues that “schools use the power of influence to keep gayness hidden, in its place, and not to be part of the normal that is accepted in our society.”  What is normal? Who is to say that they are normal, because no one really know what normal is.  How is it that a teacher who is gay should have to stay further inside of their “closet” so they can keep up the “normalcy” that is going on inside of their classrooms and school.  This bothers me because then people wonder why they are so unhappy.  It is because they are living their lives the way that they don’t want to.  Suicide rates are so high with homosexuals right now because they are taking their lives because people are singling them out and most of the time it is on purpose.

I have a friend that is now an elementary school principle.  Everyone in his family are devote Catholics.  They are “disgusted” by homosexuals.  He has come out to his close friends and when he travels to Florida he is open with his sexuality but when he comes back home, he hides who he really is and what he feels.  His family has no idea that he is gay.  I think that they do know but they just don’t want to deal with this because it is against their religion.  It is disappointing that parents feel that this is unacceptable when they shouldn’t care what he is because they will love them no matter what.  I just hope that if and when he does come out that his family will support him no matter what.  I also believe that if he ends up being a principal in a high school setting one day, he will tell his students to be who they are because you, are the only one who can make you really happy.   Carlson would agree with this.

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