I agree with Pierre’s insistence on having the boys and girls dancing together despite their religious and cultural norms that forbid contact with each. The reason why I agree with Pierre’s insistence is that the long grudge between Jewish and Palestinian Israelis could be mended in the future starting with children who learn to ballroom dance with each other, which helped them overcome their religious and cultural norms. For example, near the beginning of the documentary, the children were apprehensive with dancing with the opposite gender, which caused Pierre’s classes to shut down , but as the children began to adapt to his classes, they learned that physical contact with each other while dancing is okay to do. Also, by having the children …show more content…
As I was watching, “Dancing in Jaffa”, there were children who quit the dance classes because it did not align with their belief, so I believe that people who are not comfortable with resolving their differences should not overstep their boundaries. However, for the people that believe that they can resolve their differences, then dancing is an effective social tool in helping people resolve their differences. Also, if dancing is used as a social tool, then it will help the majority of people who want to unite their groups together, which will help society as a whole because there would be less fighting among people. Furthermore, having people from different groups would allow them to sympathize and empathize with each other since they will be able to see from their perspective and be able to relate to their experience. Moreover, dancing allows people to relax and be free from all the stress from daily life, which will allow them to think and act reasonably. Additionally, dancing would teach people how to be respectful and show good manners without having their own views skew the process of dancing with each