I really liked the first step to "broaden your circle". This can be as simple as shopping in the community that we teach in. It helps to see the community and understand where our students and parents are coming from. This also creates an opportunity to create empathy and understanding around others so that we don't end up "othering" those students in our room. I also think it's extremely important to practice "monitoring the media" that we expose ourselves to or become more culturally aware of what's going on in the world. Especially as of late, there is such a variety of media out there and each might have their own completely different view on what's happening in the world. If we become so invested in these views, we might end up with "othering" the students in our classroom before meeting them and getting a greater understanding of who they are which might be totally different from what the media has portrayed.
