Discussion Questions, lessons 4-6 by David Barrios Garcia

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dbarriosgarcia3_1 — 2025-06-21 17:00:51 UTC

Do you think that gender and sexual orientation labels are more helpful or harmful? Explain why.

Question

dbarriosgarcia3_1 — 2025-06-21 17:04:21 UTC

How might people from different regions in the United States have different cultures? For example, the east coast, west coast, rural, urban.

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dbarriosgarcia3_1 — 2025-06-21 17:06:55 UTC

How might language and disability affect how people are perceived and treated? Answer for both terms!

esuk1100 — 2025-06-23 16:03:45 UTC

They can be really either helpful or harmful. Harmful because it helps people who don't know or don't really support what it is like. It also has a lot of things that we didn't know. It can also be harmful because, it can make queer people close up about themselves and feel insecure that they are apart of the group.

Melanie

2025-06-23 16:04:04 UTC

For me, it is harmful because of my background and my cultural beliefs, but maybe in different backgrounds, people think differently about this topic, and that's okay because we all have to accept that everyone's not the same, and it's okay to be different from people

Viktorya Harutyunyan

vhar1626 — 2025-06-23 16:04:14 UTC

I think that gender and sexual orientation labels can be both helpful and harmful. They are helpful because they help people understand themselves and find community. But they can also be harmful if they are used to judge, exclude, or limit others.

derek

2025-06-23 16:04:35 UTC

They're helpful because they help give one person their own sense of identity and a sense of individualism. They help separate people from one another.

Anabelle Hartounian

2025-06-23 16:05:09 UTC

I think that these labels are harmful because some people could be labeled as something they aren't. And people could make fun of others because of a certain label or use it against them. Overall I do not think labeling people unless they label themselves should happen because it could cause a lot of confusion and could have the person your labeling upset.

Lilya

2025-06-23 16:05:39 UTC

I think it's helpful because, that can help me know about LGBT and understand and accept people.

kpet3796 — 2025-06-23 16:05:57 UTC

I think that it really depends on who you surround yourself with. These labels can be helpful to make you feel comfortable knowing that you belong to a group of people just like you who understand what you are feeling because they struggle with it too. You can be more in touch with who you really are and potentially dive deeper. However these names also reduce you to simple labels that can be used in derogatory homophobic ways, and often are. It is likely they will be used against you, to make you feel small and isolated, like you are separated from people who are "normal" and don't need labels. So it really depends

Anri M.

2025-06-23 16:06:30 UTC

I don't think there is anything harmful in gender or sexual orientation labels. It does not offend nobody in any ways.

Artur Keleshyan

2025-06-23 16:06:44 UTC

I think gender and sexual orientation labels are not harmful. It is used to describe people's identity and who they are and there is nothing harmful there.

2025-06-23 16:06:59 UTC

I think it will be more helpful, because you will know who in front of you or go to the bathroom you will open the correct door.

Elsa Khechoomian

2025-06-23 16:07:02 UTC

I think gender and sexual orientation labels as both harmful and helpful. It can be helpful for people who want to find their true selves and understand themselves better. But it can also be harmful especially because people have very different opinions about this topic and it can be used to make fun of people causing other problems.

Martin V

mvar4677 — 2025-06-23 16:10:34 UTC

I think that sexual orientation labels are not that harmful. But if they label themselves as a dog that is harmful because you can ´ t just call yourself something your not.

Derek

2025-06-23 16:12:10 UTC

It depends on the history that place or region had in the past, which affects the culture and how people who live there are raised.

melanie

2025-06-23 16:13:23 UTC

Different regions mean different cultures and different beliefs. It also depends on how people are raised and how they grew up or where they grew up, because not every place thinks or does things the same.

esuk1100 — 2025-06-23 16:14:03 UTC

Everyone is honestly very different. People in America are all from different states, or their parents were born somewhere else, religions, ethnicity, culture. There are groups where there are people who have their group from the same cultural ethnicity, etc. In America there is every type of culture and every type of people who are a part of LGBTQ +

Elsa Khechoomian

2025-06-23 16:14:21 UTC

People from different regions in the United States could have different cultures because of the history behind it or the people living in different regions have different ways they were raised or grew up from. Not everyone is the same from different places which is why we are all unique in our own ways.

kpet3796 — 2025-06-23 16:14:34 UTC

Although we all live in the same country, we live in different regions. We are affected by both physical characteristics such as weather and vegetation, things that leave us with different resources. However we are also shaped by our backgrounds and the traditions we practice. The history that comes with our state, both political and social. We grew up with different backgrounds, and will certainly continue to grow with different futures.

Anri M.

2025-06-23 16:15:07 UTC

The USA is a very big country, and there can be different cultures and different religions or beliefs. People in urban areas are living in big cities and people in rural areas live in more wild (less buildings, stores etc.) places and they can't have the same culture, because they don't live in the same place with the same conditions.

Lilya

2025-06-23 16:16:14 UTC

I think that every person has their own culture and it doesn't matter what kind of person it is.

Viktorya Harutyunyan

vhar1626 — 2025-06-23 16:16:19 UTC

People living in different regions might give a lot of difference between people. Different regions have different cultures and beliefs. They are raised different with different traditions and different mentality.

Artur Keleshyan

2025-06-23 16:16:54 UTC

In different regions, people are raised differently and their surroundings may also cause them to be from a different culture. People live in different conditions and in different places which also can cause you to have a different culture.

2025-06-23 16:18:00 UTC

I think regions are different because people could feel more welcome, open and comfortable. For example in Glendale the biggest community is Armenians and the only reason people come here is the biggest of the big community of armenians.

Martin V

mvar4677 — 2025-06-23 16:18:29 UTC

If people live in the same country they wont have the same beliefs and culture. It all matters how they were raised as and what you believe in.

2025-06-23 16:23:47 UTC

Sometimes people are treated unfairly because of the way they speak or if they have a disability, and that’s not right. When someone speaks a different language or has an accent, others might think they are not smart or can’t understand things, even though that’s not true at all. For example, a student who moved from another country and is still learning English might be really good at math or science, but classmates or even teachers might not notice because they only focus on how the student talks. The same thing can happen with people who have disabilities. Some people might assume that someone in a wheelchair or someone who learns differently can’t do certain things, and they might treat them like they’re not as good as everyone else. But just because someone is different doesn’t mean they aren’t smart or talented. Everyone deserves to be treated with respect, no matter how they speak or what challenges they have. It’s important to look past those differences and see the person for who they really are.

derek

2025-06-23 16:26:05 UTC

You might be seen as different for speaking a different language than people are used to hearing.

You might be judged or mistreated for looking different or having something wrong with you.

kpet3796 — 2025-06-23 16:26:19 UTC

Both might have a negative influence on how people are perceived. Knowing a different language might make them seem dumber than others because they couldn't be bothered to learn the proper language for their designated area. And having a disability makes them seem weak, having less potential than those who can walk correctly or speak without an impediment. Those with disabilities are treated like children, coddled because it is just assumed that they need help to do even the simplest of tasks. Both sides are reduced to just a name or group of people because of their capabilities, which affects not only how others perceive them but also how they perceive themselves.

Lilya

2025-06-23 16:26:22 UTC

It doesn't affect in any way, it's the same person, only with some peculiarities and/or speaking a different language

Viktorya Harutyunyan

vhar1626 — 2025-06-23 16:26:27 UTC

The way someone speaks, like their accent, grammar, or language can affect how others see them. People might make unfair judgments about someone’s intelligence, background, or status based on language.
People with disabilities are sometimes treated unfairly. Others might think they can't do things, even if they can. Some people may treat them with too much pity, or leave them out. How they are treated depends on how well others understand and respect them.

Artur Keleshyan

2025-06-23 16:28:32 UTC

Speaking a different language may be different from others and since you speak with a different language than others you can't really communicate with them.

Having a disability may cause people to treat you differently from others but they should be treated the same because they are human like everyone.

Martin V

mvar4677 — 2025-06-23 16:28:41 UTC

If you have a disability you are not treated the same why as someone with no disability that's not right its not their fault that they are born with that disability or what language they speak and if they have a accent or not nothing sould change the way you treat a person.

melanie

2025-06-23 16:28:44 UTC

Not everyone can understand the same language, and it's okay because language is a part of ur culture, and sometimes it has this brick wall that stops people from interacting with each other. Sometimes when people find out someone has a disability, they try to stay away from that person or they just wanna keep a distance because that person is labeled as a disabled person,n which makes the other person feel left out and isn't treated the same

Anri M.

2025-06-23 16:29:05 UTC

I don't think speaking a different language should be a cause for someone to be treated differently we are all the same and we need to be equally treated.

I think other people should help individuals with disabilities, that's somehow being treated differently, but they need to be treated differently in a good way, by helping and supporting them.

Elsa Khechoomian

2025-06-23 16:29:48 UTC

Language might affect how people can be treated or perceived as because if someone speaks for example in English and they have an accent, people are quick to judge and make fun of someone for something they are unable to change. If someone is unfamiliar with the language people use, they can make fun by ridiculing and mocking the way they speak, and that is never a good thing to do. Disabilities can affect how people are treated or viewed as because some people in this world don't understand how to be respectful and kind towards others, so if they see someone in a wheelchair who struggles walking, or moving around, people point and laugh. Or if someone stutters while they speak, again, people mock them which hurts the individual. They are viewed much more different from people with no disability because they aren't considered "normal."

esuk1100 — 2025-06-23 16:30:35 UTC

Language and disabilities can make people judge others. For example, if you can't hear they will judge you for it and make jokes. Deaf, Blind, maybe even if you can't walk, it really makes it easy for people to find something on you to really break you down. It can change the world and have an effect on disabled people especially because there are people who blame disabled people for their disabilities. Disabilities often occur either when you are born or if something traumatic happens and occurs to you for the rest of your life. It's not their fault for being disabled, it was just how they were meant to be. Languages people can't really make fun of because everyone speaks differently and everyone speaks with different accents. People make fun of other individuals with stuttering problems because they can't make out what the person with the stutters has to say. Often making fun to the point where people don't want to speak because of their accents or stutters. Everything and everyone makes fun of individuals, and that is not right some people need to understand that the world being the same would be like a prison. Even in a prison everyone is different. What I am trying to say is being different is probably what most people would prefer because if the same I don't think the world would have anything fun in it.

People from different U.S. regions have unique cultures, like East Coast cities are fast-paced, rural areas are relaxed, and the West Coast is laid-back.

2025-06-24 04:49:48 UTC