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In reply to the discussion: As a 67 year old white man, let me address this to my fellow Caucasians: [View all]Marthe48
(16,894 posts)He took American history which was one of his favorite subjects. He said it was all different from Spanish history. I always help the students we host if they ask, so I said, 'It's the same history, isn't it?' and he said, ' Yes, but in the Spanish textbooks, we are heroes.' Quite an eye-opener, that I never forgot.
And in the same vein, we visited Brazil to see a student we hosted. We got to walk through a governor's winter palace, and I was knocked sideways by the art hanging on the walls--all South American artists I had never heard of. So I understood Eurocentric.
Every single time I meet students from other countries, I learn something that opens my eyes and stretches my mind. I am also lucky to meet local students who befriend the exchange students and they make me hopeful, that there are families who accept different people and cultures and value human life in an individual way.