Erika Beedle
Comm 211
Reflection #6
My
freshman year in high school I watched a documentary titled “Promises,” and my
freshman year in college in my Intercultural Communications class I watched it
again. Both times I watched the
documentary I asked myself the same question; why has this problem not been
fixed yet? If both the Arabs and Jews
just simply talk to each other, progress could be made. As I watched this documentary in high school
I remember feeling sad for these young children and how this problem affected
everything about their life. But after a
few years, I forgot about this documentary and the children.
As
I watch it four years later those same feelings of sadness come back to
mind. I started thinking about how in
those past four years since I last watched the documentary how my life has
changed. I have graduated high school,
starting college, and America has its first black President. What has happened to those children in the
documentary? How has the conflict between the Arabs and Jews impacted their
adult lives? In Nepal this summer it was
amazing to me that the Buddhists and Hindus live together in peace. Both of these religions impact the daily
lives of their followers, similar to Muslim and Judaism. After thinking about our class discussions is when I began to ponder the power of intercultural communications. The people
of Nepal, both Hindu and Buddhist, live, learn, and prosper through
communication. Little things, such as
getting children together to play soccer can go a long way. I do not know what has happened to those
children in the documentary but I hope they share their intercultural
experience with others and increase communication between the religions.
I very much agree with everything you said. It does feel like the world has changed very much since that documentary, so it seems that life should have changed for these kids as well. I don't know how that region is doing, but hopefully those kids were able to spread around the word of their experience and show how just mere communication can destroy any biases. Unfortunately, I bet it would be difficult to get that point across in that region.
ReplyDeleteNice one. I didn't realize you watched it again.
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