Outcasts United by Warren St. John is a story that demonstrates diversity and courage. A group of refugees come together and form a soccer team and with their coach they succeed in reforming a community and creating a variety of interests. I can relate to this story because coming to Southern Connecticut State University there is so much diversity. In Watertown, there is not much diversity and in my high school everyone was somewhat similar. Most people in Watertown are catholic and share common beliefs. But now coming to Southern is a whole new experience. Everyone has different interests, customs, beliefs, and traditions so there is a lot of variety on campus. It is a great way to open my mind to new ideas and opinions. I love being in a place where everything is welcome. In the novel there were those who did not support the team and was not in good terms with having diversity in their community. That is similar to today because there are still people in this world that are still racist and sexist which makes it harder for there to be diversity. It takes a lot of courage for someone to stand up to discrimination. So for a woman, Luma, to organize a soccer team and help make a community diverse is a tremendous success. There needs to be more people like Luma, to stand up for what they believe in and help each community become more diverse. Diversity is a great thing because you can learn so much from people who are different than you and see how it is to walk in other people’s shoes.
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