Today we were talking about social protest before beginning the play A Raisin in the Sun. One of the examples I had used in the past was Tienanmen Square. Since I have a student from China, I asked her if she could share anything. I wasn't expecting her to say: "Oh, that is when people in my country were protesting for more rights and the government oppressed them." But I was expecting her to be able to say something. Even something about the location or what is surrounding it.
After I gave a brief synopsis, I heard her say something about how that was when a bad man lit himself on fire. I don't know the all the particulars, but I just realized how much culture can play a role in how you see things. I saw oppression and she saw a shameful act.
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