Hello, my name is Gnoleba Hans Seri and I'm know by everyone as simply Hans. Growing in the Ivory Coast, in Africa racism was not an issue to me mainly because everyone look the same. Although there was I didn't grow up with racism, there was a lot of discrimination in my country. There are 60 different ethnic groups in my country and each one speak a different language. The northern part of my country is mostly Muslim due to Arab influences and the southern part christian. as a child leaving in the southern portion of the country, I was thought to dislike and fear the Muslim of my country due to their religion and culture, but I was never able to do it. I always tried to put myself in the other person's shoes and try to understand what they're going through. My wish was finally fulfilled when I moved to the U.S. and became the victim of not only discrimination but also racism. I'm taking this class to better understand other people's way of life and to get better cultural understanding of the world, and I hope this class turns out to be an awesome experience.