Tolerance

Arthur Asche

• Arthur Ashe was a professional tennis player in the 1960s and 1970s.
• He grew up in Richmond, Virginia and due to segregation, was not permitted to play tennis with white children.
• Arthur Ashe became the first black male to win the U.S. Open.
• Arthur Ashe became infected with the AIDS virus during a blood transfusion in 1983.
• He gave this new disease a face and helped educate the public before his death in 1993.

Monday: Friendships with individuals "different from you"/Cultural Competence
Tuesday: Movie Remember the Titans
Wednesday: Quiz over Chapter 12
Thursday: Skill: Performing Random Acts of Kindness/Leadership is Relational - Learn to Connect
Friday:  Weekly Assignment Due
1) Discuss how your family has talked or not talked with you about how to treat people who are different from you (skin color, religion, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation).
2) Discuss situations where you have felt discriminated against or witnessed discrimination based on skin color, religion, gender, ethnicity or sexual preference.
​3) Discuss what you can personally do to become more “culturally competent” in your life.