The Center of the Master's of Science in Early Childhood Studies Program-Sherida Richards-Malcolm

Working with Children and Families From Diverse Backgrounds To work effectively with families from diverse backgrounds, educators need to be thoughtful and understand the culture of the families they work with and design outreach and communication strategies that respond to that group's specific social, cultural, and linguistic needs and values. My hope for all children and their families is, irrespective of their race, religion, nationality, sexual orientation, gender, ethnic, social and cultural backgrounds, they are in safe and welcoming environments, where all children and their families will feel comfortable and where services are provided in culturally safe and inclusive ways. Thus, eliminating the risk of discrimination, exclusion, bullying and abuse. In addition, it is my hope that all microaggressions will end.                        One Goal Related to Diversity, Equity and Social Justice: To promote diversity,...

 Scenario: You are working in an early childhood setting of your choice—a hospital, a child care center, a social service agency. You receive word that the child of a family who has recently emigrated from a country you know nothing about will join your group soon. Naturally, you want to prepare yourself to welcome the child and her family. Luckily, you are enrolled in a course about diversity and have learned that to support families who have immigrated, you need to know more than surface facts about their country of origin. An Overview of Andorra I am currently working in a child care center, where I am expecting a child and her family from Andorra. The country of Andorra is located on the continent of Europe. Andorra is officially known by two other titles -- the Principality of Andorra and the Principality of the Valleys of Andorra. However, the two longer names for this European country do not roll off the tongue with as much ease, so the nation is simply called Andorra in cas...

The Movie: The Hate U Give   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHQiVCWT1F0&list=PLfNUdE-laVTG2ry9vSbBN6ZjqWUONSt5w https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yxlwDfdCnc This film is labeled a teen movie. However, it offers one of the most authentic portrayals of police brutality in pop culture. Besides, it is based on an award-winning book drama about a black teen named Starr Carter (Amandla Stenberg) who witnesses the fatal police shooting of a close friend who deals frankly and powerfully with race and racism. The movie shows her grappling with the difficulties of being a black teenager in a predominantly white area and the feeling of belonging to one world while living in another. How she stands up for justice is very inspiring. Furthermore, one character in the movie comments that "white folks want diversity but not too much diversity," which touches on a subtle bias against living in highly diverse communities or communities that are resistant to organizations’ efforts to promot...