October 12th

With October 12th still being recognized as Columbus Day in the United States, I wanted to include some information on one issue related to the indigenous peoples of the Americas. For all of you that do know or do not know about the boarding schools many indigenous peoples were forced into in the United States in the late 1800s through the 1900s here is a glimpse into some of that history:

Boarding Schools Video excerpt one

Boarding Schools Video excerpt two

Though this does not specifically apply to my time in Bulgaria, the idea of what happened does. One of the main minority groups in Bulgaria is the Roma population. These videos show that it is important for heritage and culture to be maintained in education. A group of people should never be forced to assimilate to the majority in any region of the world. One group of people is not inherently "better" than another group and if we are to succeed we need to embrace the differences between one another because we ultimately have far more similarities.