Stories: Whose are told and whose remain in the margins?

 In order to fully understand and answer this question, I believe that it is important to first cover what marginalization is and when it occurs. Marginalization is when someone feels like they are not valued, things they are able to access and opportunities given are very limited and hard to reach and overall struggle to get equal with certain things. Groups who are more prone to being marginalized are minority groups, females, people of color and groups who pertain to the lgbt community. 

These groups are more likely to struggle, have more barriers and overall have to work harder in doing many things and will often get discriminated along the way. Marginalization can be seen or done everywhere, some of the most common places include work, school, social media and even when out in public. As an example, in a classroom a teacher could have a deaf African American student and because of her skin complexion and her disability students can easily make her feel left out of made fun. 

These groups as mentioned earlier, are the ones who are more likely to be silenced and ignored leaving their stories hidden in the dark. With that being said, it is important for us as future teachers to make sure that we don't leave anyone in the dark. We need to ensure that we show our students multiple sides of a story, different perspectives on a topic and even give everyone the opportunity to voice their thoughts. In doing so, all students get a chance to know beyond the truths and hear the stories that are not being brought to light.