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Social Lenses Research Paper

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Where we are, and what we believe affect the way we view society. Social lenses are the preconceptions we make about the world around us. It is what makes people come across the same situation have different perspectives and understandings it. They are caused by gender, sex, race, ethnicity, socioeconomic class, and all in all experiences. As life goes on, a perspective over a situation can change because of the experiences faced in life. Social lenses have affected my perspective on the education system, the “Black Lives Matter” movement, and the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community.

To begin, where I am from affects the way I view the education system. I am originally from Massachusetts. While living there, I attended a Montessori …show more content…

As said before, I am originally from Massachusetts and moved to Atlanta, Georgia. When I came to Georgia, people acted differently than what I was most used to. Because of that, I have a different perspective on the “Black Lives Matter” movement. I love black people so don’t get me wrong here. I just believe that other things should be done in our black communities to stop having to deal with our people dying for no valuable reason every day. I feel like the “Black Lives Matter” movement is just a big blame game. I say this because all we are doing is blaming people “white” race for killing our people. Even though this may be true in some way, there are things that we can do as a race apart of this movement to stop our people from even coming in situations where we could possibly end up dying. There are things that we can do to prevent these problems, like holding programs and mentorships that teach our youth what to do when approached by a police officer. We also need to find ways to get our people out of gangs, selling drugs, doing drugs, and getting into jail. We need to teach our youth to grow up and become successful and not just have the goal of making it to their sixteenth birthday or graduating high school. They should learn how to become successful business owners and not just work for others their entire lives. As a part of this movement, we need to also take …show more content…

My sex is female, and I also identify my gender as being a heterosexual female. As far as religion goes, I identify as a non-denominational Christian who basically almost lives at church. All of these aspects of my life affect my perspective on the LGBT community. I believe that being homosexual is wrong and should not be done because only man and woman should be together, but because of my religion, I also believe in accepting those people apart of the LGBT community. Many people would say that I am wrong or confused for thinking this way because I am Christian and believe in God because the bible says in 1 Corinthians 6:9-10, “Surely you know that people who do wrong will not get to enjoy God’s kingdom. Don’t be fooled. These are the people who will not get to enjoy his kingdom: those who sin sexually, those who worship idols, those who commit adultery, men who let other men use them for sex or who have sex with other men, those who steal, those who are greedy, those who drink too much, those who abuse others with insults, and those who cheat.” Many people who are not truly rooted in their faith will see this scripture and will shun away all people apart of the LGBT community or just stop believing in God because they are in that community. I, on the other hand, know that even though that is said in the Bible there is more to this statement. The Bible also says

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