https://padlet.com/mrahma44/Bookmarks Made with big dreams en-us 2022-02-19 21:15:26 UTC 2025-11-13 01:25:54 UTC hello@padlet.com mrahma44 https://padlet.com/mrahma44/Bookmarks/wish/2070146155 Since we have been talking about racism and language I thought of this movement for a second. Pakistan and Bangladesh used to be one country but discrimination and power abuse. How, even though we were "the same people" Bengali people were not allowed to speak their own language and had to earn it by fighting for it.]]> 2022-02-28 19:12:39 UTC https://padlet.com/mrahma44/Bookmarks/wish/2070146155 mrahma44 https://padlet.com/mrahma44/Bookmarks/wish/2079582124 The world has been witnessing a tragic war since the past few weeks between Russia and Ukraine. Although western countries have been very supportive towards Ukraine and have had shown the same sympathy towards other wars in the middle eastern region, some underlying racism were shown in news. Many reporters made comments such as "Even though Ukrainians are as white as us/ Ukrainians are civilized unlike other middle eastern countries", which shows how the society is placed in an hierarchy. Just because they have the same skin tone as theirs, similar lifestyles as their Ukrainians are automatically placed on a pedestal. We have seen similar cases happen regarding language as well. ]]> 2022-03-06 03:31:02 UTC https://padlet.com/mrahma44/Bookmarks/wish/2079582124 mrahma44 https://padlet.com/mrahma44/Bookmarks/wish/2103297295 Since we have been talking about standardized language and its pros and cons for the past few weeks, it has been stuck in my mind. Yesterday, I took my mom to a grocery store named "Lotte" near our house. It is an Asian grocery store, meaning mostly Asian immigrants being the customers. While waiting in line at the cash register, I noticed something. There was this Indian lady in front of us probably in her early 50's. She did not speak English fluently and was trying to communicate with the cashier to her best potential and even using sign language wherever needed. The cashier being a white girl in her mid twenties called her of and behaved inappropriately. This made me think of how multilingual people like us have to face discrimination and racism is the most common of places. Having a standard language and way of speaking made is harder to people to be accepted and fit in. ]]> 2022-03-20 00:09:51 UTC https://padlet.com/mrahma44/Bookmarks/wish/2103297295 mrahma44 https://padlet.com/mrahma44/Bookmarks/wish/2103300652 Last night I was on the phone call with a friend of mine from high school. We both moved from Bangladesh at the same time about 2.5 years ago and started our junior year of high school here in the States. While on the phone call she discussed about being insecure about the way she speaks in college. We both do not have that "American" accent and her talking about her insecurities made me realize how conscious we get while speaking to people who grew up here. People even from our own community looks down on others who are unable to communicate in the standard English which I think is very sad! ]]> 2022-03-20 00:21:02 UTC https://padlet.com/mrahma44/Bookmarks/wish/2103300652 mrahma44 https://padlet.com/mrahma44/Bookmarks/wish/2117744851 This was a very interesting topic to learn. How different languages can be considered dialects of one big langauge just because they have some similarities. I feel this is how we lose out minorities, we ignore their langauge, culture and tradition by not giving it it's own deserved recognition.]]> 2022-03-28 18:05:27 UTC https://padlet.com/mrahma44/Bookmarks/wish/2117744851 mrahma44 https://padlet.com/mrahma44/Bookmarks/wish/2139667670 During class discussion today, one thing can stuck to my mind was viewpoint diversity. I believe having viewpoint diversity is one of the most important thing to do. Racial diversity, linguistic diversity is crucially important but there is no guarantee that people with the same racial background and language background have the same viewpoint. They may disagree within each other as well, to a certain point where the disagreement might be considered 'racism within the same race'.]]> 2022-04-11 18:42:08 UTC https://padlet.com/mrahma44/Bookmarks/wish/2139667670 mrahma44 https://padlet.com/mrahma44/Bookmarks/wish/2141045522 Idolizing helps people be someone that they aspire to be but in the process if your identity is lost, is it truly worth it? I'm writing this because I just had an interaction with a girl I knew from Bangladesh. Upon talking to her I realized she completely disassociated herself with her Bengali identity. This made me really sad and I started thinking does moving to a new country mean losing your identity? Why can't we be a mix of the two culture? This brought me back to an article that I read about diversity where people think diversity means losing something to accept the other where as the two things in this case race or language can co-exist.]]> 2022-04-12 15:44:14 UTC https://padlet.com/mrahma44/Bookmarks/wish/2141045522 mrahma44 https://padlet.com/mrahma44/Bookmarks/wish/2141057146 I used to think equality is what the mankind needs until I saw this picture. I agree that equality is important but I firmly believe equity is what we need. Equality in my opinion is just a mask to hide the imperfections in mankind. if we want everyone to have equal opportunities catered to their needs, we need equity.]]> 2022-04-12 15:51:55 UTC https://padlet.com/mrahma44/Bookmarks/wish/2141057146 mrahma44 https://padlet.com/mrahma44/Bookmarks/wish/2166282869 I am majoring in Information Technology. I want to be a woman in STEM, which also means I will be a woman of color in STEM and I think that does change things a little bit. Tech is a male dominant field, especially white men. However in recent times there is an increase in the diversity of people in the field. In order to make a difference in issues such as linguistic discrimination, linguistic erasure, linguistic profiling, and the role of discursive formation, I believe the first step will be to acknowledge the issue, second, have an open mindset and last but not the least be more accepting. People need to have the mindset that everyone is equal, they have reached a certain level because they have something in them. Giving people equal opportunities, training interviewers in a way where they do not participate in linguistic profiling and look for qualities in the candidate that will cater tp their job role. Lastly, in the work field everyone has to be aware about no tolerance regarding racism. Training can also be provided to educate people regarding these issues since these aren't too talked about topics.]]> 2022-05-02 04:23:02 UTC https://padlet.com/mrahma44/Bookmarks/wish/2166282869 mrahma44 https://padlet.com/mrahma44/Bookmarks/wish/2166292700 Seeing whatever is happening all around the world, I feel 'civil discourse' and 'compassionate listening' are few of the most important tools we have in order to keep things sane. Half of the world believes in ending linguistic discrimination and injustice while the other half does not believe in diversity to begin with. I also think no one is born with the idea of diversity and acceptance. People learn by watching and listening to their surrounding.



 If we create an environment that is both participating in 'civil discourse' and 'compassionate listening' I believe it can heavily help spread 'viewpoint diversity'. We need to show people more of what good things can happen with the increase of diversity and to show that not all changes are bad. Both civil discourse and compassionate listening can help people come across a completely new side to the issue that they might have never thought of.



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