Diversity Case Study: A Difference in Perpectives

I agree with Nikhil's feelings that it was unfair for other students to be allowed to wear religious symbols and he could not. A religious symbol is a religious symbol regardless of who wears it and what it is. If school policy states that students can wear religious symbols, then all students she be allowed to wear it. I can totally sympathize with Nikhil's offense.

If I were Mr. Ortiz, I would have taken the opportunity to Google the symbol and provide a quick, mini history lesson to settle the dispute. By telling Nikhil to take it off or tuck it in, he was basically allowing the other students to discriminate against him. I feel he should have been more concerned with telling those students' misunderstanding for Nikhil's religion, than about Nikhil possibly offending students all day long. To ask a student to remove a chain with such religious and sentimental value showed poor lack of judgment by Mr. Ortiz.