Goal 4

Goal 4: Engage with diverse perspectives in order to cultivate cultural competence and an appreciation of differences

Outcome 1: Analyze current and historical international issues and aspects of global culture

In this journal I looked at Ekstein’s “Journey to the Interior” and Fosse’s Cabaret. I

found the theme that each shared was people becoming desensitized to what was going

around them. Cabaret is set in Berlin, Germany and shows the beginnings of the Nazi Party.

At first, this is a very small part of the movie as it doesn’t happen in the club itself, but

outside of it. However, at the end of the movie, there are many nazi soldiers in the cabaret

watching the performance, which itself is about a Jewish person who ends up in striped

clothes wearing a star. The movie was released in 1972, which leaves a 27 year difference

between the two. It provided a good example of public attitude during the beginnings of

WWII.

Outcome 4: Appraise issues from multiple viewpoints

For this assignment, I reflected on my persuasive speech which argued the opposite of what

you believed in. In this case, I believed that athletes made too much money, so I argued that they

deserve it. As stated before, I did believe that athletes made too much money. My reflection

highlights the fact that it was “easy to slip into the mindset of believing they deserve their pay.” I

believe that was because I actually researched the topic and why they got paid so much instead

of just looking at a dollar amount. At the time I was definitely thinking how an athlete got paid

upwards to $100 million to play sports which is such a crazy number. But I can now break down

where that money might be coming from, which includes image rights, ticket sales, brand deals,

etc. It is their job and they put their body on the line to participate, so I did see where their

deserved their pay. This assignment definitely had me looking at both viewpoints of the

argument and I have changed my opinion on the matter.

The ethical dilemma I chose to research was the implementation of universal healthcare

in the United States. In this presentation I had to research both sides of the argument in order

to form a well-rounded opinion. I do believe that I didn’t fully appraise the issue from

multiple viewpoints. Going into the research I already had a belief that I thought was right,

so I do think I focused more on that than the opposing side. However, in this case, it was

also way harder to find people in opposition to having universal healthcare. I believe that

with what I have, I was able to look at the issue from both perspectives.