People who have been bridges in your life

1. Think of the people, both past and present, who have been bridges in your life. Which of these people have played a major role in shaping your thinking about success? Explain.

2. Which of your diversity skills have been instrumental in your success at work and at school? Explain.

3. On college campuses, an increasing number of students are victims of hate incidents. These incidents affect students directly and indirectly. Indeed, the entire college com-munity can feel the repercussions of a single act of intolerance. Pick one of the follow-ing real-life examples. Describe how you could respond effectively as a student. What would you do? Why? At whom would your response be directed? Why?

• In the entranceway to a dormitory, a student writes on the dry erase board a message that describes local immigrants as welfare recipients and STD spreaders.

• A columnist for a student newspaper refers to Whites as “irredeemable racists” and calls for Blacks to “execute” Whites who pose a threat.

• A college fraternity holds a “Mexican Border Party.” To gain entrance, students have to crawl under a barbed wire barrier. • Leaflets depicting the Holocaust as a hoax are handed out in front of a building housing a Jewish student organization.

• A group of students take it upon themselves to sell T-shirts with anti-homosexual slogans. One of the T-shirts advocates violence against gays and lesbians. Another has the words “Homophobic and Proud of It” printed on the front.