Exploring Our Perceptual Limitation

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  • Lyudmila Bryzzheva

Abstract

In my classroom, I see a black child. I hear her soft voice: “Mwalimu unaniona?Mwalimu unajua mimi nani? Mwalimu nakupenda.”2 I see her mother wearing her kitenge and kitambaa gliding gracefully toward me. I do not know where to start – their oddity is palpable. This child and her family could very well be from Mars. And I continue to wonder: If I were to reprimand her, would she cry? If I were to praise her, would she smile? Does she have any friends? Does she even need them? Is she afraid of the same things that I fear? What if not? Can I still care about this child whom I do not even understand? This child’s expression of humanity is so hard to comprehend that she becomes invisible, hidden behind her oddity as if behind a mask.

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Published

2023-08-18

How to Cite

Bryzzheva, L. (2023). Exploring Our Perceptual Limitation. In Factis Pax: Journal of Peace Education and Social Justice, 1(2). Retrieved from https://openjournals.utoledo.edu/index.php/infactispax/article/view/968

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