Museum of Tolerance
I decided to do extra credit for a field trip to the Museum of Tolerance. On Sunday, March 13, I went to the Museum of Tolerance with my sister. The first thing I noticed was you can’t bring camera to the Museum of Tolerance. As for me, I love taking picture and I was very disappointed. However, I went inside to the Museum of Tolerance and I kind of understand why you can’t bring camera to the museum. The Museum of Tolerance, in my opinion, is one of the best museums that were ever created. It tells the story of Holocaust and shows how the Jewish people were treated during that time.
The museum shows film footage of deportation scenes and simulated sets of concentration camps. Although the basis of the museum is the Holocaust, the museum also makes people face racism and prejudices. The museum is anything other than ordinary and it is a very educational experience that I had before Getty Museum. As I entered the first floor’s exhibit, I saw a short film about “words. ” It described how words could have a powerful impact towards others. Also, there were clips from the past that demonstrated hateful acts towards others, such as the September 11 attack.
The museum was concentrates on prejudice and discrimination around the world that led to many historical events and hopes to teach us about tolerance. From that point, I could go wherever I wanted to on our own. My sister and I followed some people into the “Millennium Machine. ” In the room, I had a chance to interact and participate by answering the questions. The theme was about human rights and I had a different scenario that has occurred in history. The clips of history showed what were against human rights. One major clip was about 9/11 attack.
Another clip was about the affecting woman around the world are prostitution and rape. A woman is raped around the world every 2 minutes. A local discrimination towards woman is in the workforce woman that is constantly facing the glass wall and glass ceiling. Sexual harassment is always being blamed on the woman stating that they were asking for it. In many countries woman are looked at as property that can be dealt with in anyway the owner sees fit. Here in the United States, we as woman must take a stand like those who have come before us and not allow ourselves to be mistreated.
Overall my experience at the Museum of Tolerance was an enlightening one I learned more about things I knew little about. I am more cautious about how I talk around people. I came to a deeper realization on how bad our country and others still really are. When I left the museum I was kind of still a little stiff over the images shown in the holocaust exhibit. I left feeling grateful for where I live where I was born and the parents that had me. I knew that prejudice, stereotypes, discrimination, words and hate, exploitations were all troubles that affected us but also never really get it till your slapped in the face with it.
I also know that since we all are human and make mistakes that we all have at one point stereotyped, assumed, discriminated, prejudged and blamed others for one reason or another so nobody can openly say they are without fault but if we all can accept that and learn to change and recognize that we are all different but that’s makes life so beautiful than we can create a better tomorrow for the children of the future. I left the museum glad that a place like it exists to teach all that are willing to learn that hatred isn’t the name of the game.
