Diversity Event

For my diversity event I went to a function which was featuring a lecture by a local clergyman of the Nation of Islam. It was interesting to say the very least, brother Luis gave us insights deep into his own mind and religion, and helped to break the stigma that many people feel when they think of Islam. I learned the few differences between orthodox Muslim traditions and the traditions of the more modern NoI. Like that as part of their religion you must be clean shaven and well dressed. Which is a good thing, because it teaches young members of their faith to look professional at all times, and considering that most practitioners of the NoI are minorities. The church was founded out of Islam with the main difference of progressing the lives of blacks and in more modern times Hispanic and other minorities. Which reflects Delpit, and the codes of power. I also learned that even though they were not affiliated with any terrorist group members of the NoI, and American citizens get blamed for the events that happened on 9/11 and it made me feel some what upset at the way we treat some one because of their religion, because they don’t fit into the lines of S.C.W.A.A.M.P.