...Race and Your Community Ethics 125 The analysis of different cultures is a very interesting thing this world is full of all kinds of people. No one is going to be exactly the same yet some a very similar. This paper will cover the impacts, differences and the effects that difference ethnic groups have on my life. The differences between ethnic groups make the world a place of challenges and variety. In my community I have to say that I do look like most of my immediate community. However I live in a part of Houston that is commonly called “the rich part of town” it is mostly a white neighborhood with very few ethnic varieties. If you look all over Houston there are many different cultures and ethnic groups, as I look across the city I have seen an abundance of Mexican Americans, as well as Asians, Indians and African Americans. These different ethnic groups tend to stay in separate regions of the city, although they are not separated by laws they tend to stay separated by choice. I feel like this is one of the only cities that I have lived in that feels very segregated. Leaders in my community often look like me, however after this past years election there now is the very first Hispanic Sherriff in Houston (Harris County Sheriff’s). I was ever excited for the different groups of Hispanics in the area, I am aware that many of these groups feel like they are underrepresented, and this was a major step in the advancement of there representation in the community. For the...
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...Who Says Ignorance is Bliss? Stereotypes are qualities or characteristics that are often assigned to a group based on their gender, race, sexual orientation and nameless other catagories. These assigned qualities or characteristics are usually exaggerated or distorted beliefs that we have labeled these groups with. We are all guilty of stereotyping, whether we do it consciously or subconsciously, we all at one time or another have taken part in it. There are three stereotypes that I have recognized in my own life and I now understand how my misconceptions and/or those of others may have had a negative effect on those who were erroneously characterized within these stereotypical labels. Convicts who are released and given their freedom never really experience total freedom. They will forever carry around the title of “ex-con”. Job applications, rental applications, and sometimes even credit applications will ask if the person has ever been convicted of a felony. They will also be asked why there is a lapse in work history or residence history. Once the person explains that they where incarcerated for a period of time, they are automatically looked at under a different light. It is assumed that they are not trustworthy and are just going to repeat their crimes. I myself was guilty of this until about five years ago. The management company I work for has strict rules when it comes to renting to someone who has been convicted of a felony. We are instructed to deny the...
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...different types of people of different races or cultures in a group or organization. | Ethnocentrism | Ethnocentrism is the tendency to assume that one’s culture and way of life are superior to all others. | Melting pot | Melting pot is diverse racial or ethnic groups or both, forming a new creation, a new cultural entity. | Minority group | Minority group is a subordinate group whose members has significantly less control or powers over their own lives than do the members of a dominant or majority group. | Emigration | Emigration is when a person or group of people who leaves a country to settle in another. | Immigration | Immigration is when a person or group of people who comes into a new country as a permanent resident. | Culture | Culture is the behavior, beliefs, and characteristics of different social, ethnic, and age groups. | Part II Answer each question in 250 to 350 words: 1. What are some of the ways groups of people are identified? Groups of people are identified in four groups’ race, religion, gender, and ethnicity. People who are identified by their race are looked at by the color of their skin, hair, and clothing. These things are looked at by society by ones physical appearance only. The ethnic group is a group of individual that are set apart because of origin and cultural. A person from another country will have different ways of doing things, and eat different foods, and should be able to express their own culture without experiencing prejudice...
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...------------------------------------------------- Associate Program Material Diversity Worksheet Answer each question in 50 to 150 words. Provide citations for all the sources you use. 1. What is diversity? Why is diversity valued? According to Online Etymology Dictionary (n.d), It means to be able to understand that each individual is different. I can be also be with dimension of race,ethnicity,gender,sexual orientation,secio-economic statues,age,physical abilities, religious/political beliefs. They are the differences in a safe,positive, and subsistence environment. The value of diversity comes from noticing the separation between people and accepting that there are differences in valued resources. We must also remember nobody is completely the same. 2. What is ethnocentrism? In what ways can ethnocentrism be detrimentalasociety? According to Dictionary.com Unabridged (n.d). It is the tendency to look at the world primarily from the prospective of one’s own culture. Ethnocentrism has its positive and negatives aftermath. It can encourage socities to advance their technology researches. But on the other hand it can also make socities refuse to accept an idea or concept because they came from a totally different society. 3.Define emigration and immigration. According to Online Etymology Dictionary n(n.d) Emigration is the act of leaving one’s country or region with the intent to settle pemanetly in another Immirgration basically the same but from the...
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...Chindia is a portmanteau word that refers to China and India together in general. The credit of coining the now popular term goes to Indian Member of Parliament Jairam Ramesh.[citation needed] China and India are geographically proximate, are both regarded as growing countries and are both among the fastest growing major economies in the world. Together, they contain over one-third of the world's population (2.5 billion). They have been named as countries with the highest potential for growth in the next 50 years in a BRIC report.[citation needed] BRIC is a grouping acronym that refers to the countries of Brazil, Russia, India and China. The economic strengths of these two countries are widely considered complementary[original research?] - China is perceived to be strong in manufacturing and infrastructure[citation needed] while India is perceived to be strong in services andinformation technology.[citation needed] China is stronger in hardware while India is stronger in software.[citation needed] China is stronger in physical markets while India is stronger in financial markets. The countries also share certain historical interactions - the spread of Buddhism from India to China and British-European trade on the Silk route are famous examples. However, there are also geopolitical, cultural, economic and political differences between China and India that some argue would make this term inappropriate. The effects of the Sino-Indian War of 1962 have meant that relations between...
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...University of Phoenix Material Appendix B Part I Define the following terms: Term | Definition | Stereotypes | A 'stereotype' is a belief that can be held by anybody[1] about specific types of individuals or certain ways of doing things, but that belief may or may not accurately reflect reality. | Prejudice | The word prejudice is most often used to refer to preconceived judgments toward people or a person because of gender, social class, age, disability, religion, sexuality, race/ethnicity, nationality or other personal characteristics | Labeling theory | Labeling theory focuses on the tendency of majorities to negatively label minorities or those seen as deviant from standard cultural norms | Part II Select three of the identity categories below and name or describe at least 3 related stereotypes for each: * Race * Ethnicity * Religion * Gender * Sexual orientation * Age * Disability Category | Stereotype 1 | Stereotype 2 | Stereotype 3 | Disability | One of the general stereotypes that a disabled person may face, is being used as a comic relief or point of humor because of their disability | Another stereotype is the belief that a disable person(s) may be Incapable of everyday life, not being able to participate in everyday activities, or even socialize. | Last but not least, many disabled people are outcast because of how they may look or even based on their disability and they may even be labeled as a “Freak”...
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...Iron Road Film Review Iron is a Canada and China film (2009) that is written by Barry Pearson and Raymond storey in 2009. The film was directed by David Wu. The starring are Sun Li, Sam Neill, Luke Macfarlane, Charlotte Sullivan and Peter O’Toole. Iron Road is romantic and upset story which is about Chinese workers were helped to build the Chadian Pacific Railway in the 1880s. And this drama gives a face to the nameless and voiceless that perished en mass in history. Iron Road follows the journey, in 1882; James Nichol went to Hong Kong to check on the company’s recruitment of Chinese laborers to work on the railroad's construction. One of the laborers James brings back was an orphan boy named Little Tiger, who actually was a young woman and a good blasting worker. She was desperate to make it to Canada to find her missing father. Personally, Little Tiger falls in love with James, an unforbidden love even if she exposes her true identity to him because of their race differences. Ultimately, Little Tiger bring her father’s ashes back to China and leaves the railway construction camp; also she had a profound effect on her new Canadian friend. The background music throughout the film gives the viewer a sad feeling. It indicates how strong James and little tigers relationship are. I think that the instrumental sound effects were really cool when little tiger uses explosives to destroy the mine. The sounds give the audience a realistic feeling. The theme of the film is racism...
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...Term | Definition | Ethnic group | A group of people who identify with each other by way of language, heritage, culture, and religion. | Anti-Semitism | Suspicion of, hatred toward, or discriminating against the Jewish community. | Islamophobia | Describes prejudice against, hatred or irrational fear of Islam or Muslims. | Xenophobia | An unreasonable fear of foreigners or strangers or of that which is foreign or strange. | Persecution | The systematic mistreatment of an individual or group by another group. | Religious group | A subgroup within a religion that operates under a common name, tradition, and identity. | Part II Select at least 1 religious and 1 ethnic group not your own from the list below. * Religious groups (based on http://religions.pewforum.org/pdf/affiliations-all-traditions.pdf) * Christianity * Evangelical Protestant * Mainline Protestant * Historically Black Churches * Roman Catholic * Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) * Jehovah’s Witnesses * Orthodox (Greek, Eastern) * Judaism (Orthodox, Conservative, or Reform) * Buddhism (Theravada or Mahayana) * Islam (Sunni, Shia, Sufism) * Hinduism * Ethnic groups (based on divisions in U.S. Census Bureau documents) * Asian (Asian descent) * Black (African descent) * Hispanic and Latino (South or Central American descent) * Pacific Islander (Polynesian descent) * White (European descent) ...
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...University of Phoenix Material Appendix A Part I Define the following terms found in Week One and Week Two readings: |Term |Definition | |Diversity |The inclusion of different types of people of different races or cultures in a group or | | |organization. | |Ethnocentrism |The tendency to assume that one’s culture and way of life are superior to all others. | |Melting pot |Diverse racial or ethnic groups or both, forming a new creation, a new cultural entity. | |Minority group |A subordinate group whose members have significantly less control or power over their own | | |lives than do the members of a dominant or majority group. | |Emigration |Leaving a country to settle in another. | |Immigration |Immigration coming into a new country as a permanent resident. | |Culture |The shared patterns of behaviors and interactions, cognitive constructs, and affective | | ...
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...Audience Analysis Victor Cruz 11/13/2010 COM/285 Audience Analysis Communication to multiple audiences is a difficult task. It is important to first analyze what interests, values, and goals appeal to the audience even which they have in common. Determine who are the decision-makers immediately so that their attention is focus to getting them interested in the presentation. The audience is going to be diverse in many different aspects so make sure to use bias-free language. The different members of the audience might appeal to different aspects of the presentation so make sure it appeals to everyone involved. A positive-emphasis presentation that avoids using negative words will also help get everyone involved in the presentation. Audiences will be both professional and non-professional. The non-professional audiences such as the customers are not going to know much about the data involved with the presentation. They might not even show much interest as well. So it is important to make sure to make the presentation interesting and entertaining to the customers. The executives who are the decision-makers probably will about the same understanding as do the customers about the information being provided. Make sure the presentation relays a certain cause of the something and a certain effect as well. The executives want to be simple and to the point. So these high level managers can make their decisions about the company from the presentation provided. Most importantly...
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...Kava is a significant island country in the South Pacific. The island country faces many different disaster threats. Over half of the country’s population is under the age of fifteen. Kava’s economy has a strong production of natural resources, as well as specific foods, such as bananas, coffee, cocoa, sugars and fish. Kava’s economy offers inexpensive, quality labor. Kava has support from the local, state and national government, community based organizations, faith-based groups and businesses in order to grow the economy in the significant island country. The island has a wide variety of ethnicities, creating language barriers because of all the different ethnicities Bluegrass Construction Company, Inc. (BCC) hired me, Nik, to study, synthesize, analyze, and prescribe the best business decisions in order to establish a greater presence of our company in Kava. I have decided to implement a decision-making technique to create an appropriate solution for BCC to overcome challenges in our overall goal of establishing a greater presence of our business in Kava. After visiting the island, seeing the problems our company is facing, and knowing where we want to go with our business in Kava, I think the best course of action is to implement brainstorming as our decision-making technique in order to strengthen our presence in Kava. Analysis of Specific Steps in Applying Brainstorming Through my analysis of the island, the disasters and threats it faces and the potential the island...
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... | |Ethnic group |A group of people who identify with each other by way of language, heritage, culture and religion | |Anti-Semitism |Suspicion of, hatred toward, or discriminating against the Jewish community | |Islamophobia |Describes prejudice against, hatred or irrational fear of Islam or Muslims | |Xenophobia |An unreasonable fear of foreigners or strangers or of that which is foreign or strange | |Persecution |The systematic mistreatment of an individual or group by another group | |Religious group |A subgroup within a religion that operates under a common name, trandition and identity. | Part II Select at least 1 religious and 1 ethnic group not your own from the list below. Religious groups (based on http://religions.pewforum.org/pdf/affiliations-all-traditions.pdf) Christianity Evangelical Protestant Mainline Protestant Historically Black Churches Roman Catholic Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) Jehovah’s Witnesses Orthodox (Greek, Eastern) Judaism (Orthodox, Conservative, or Reform) Buddhism (Theravada or Mahayana) Islam (Sunni, Shia, Sufism) Hinduism Ethnic groups (based on divisions in U.S. Census Bureau documents) Asian (Asian descent) Black (African...
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...University of Phoenix Material Appendix A Part I Define the following terms found in Week One and Week Two readings: |Term |Definition | |Diversity |The inclusion of different types of people of different races or cultures in a group or | | |organization | |Ethnocentrism |Belief in the superiority of one’s own ethnic group | |Melting pot |Diverse racial or ethnic groups or both, forming a new creation, a new cultural entity | |Minority group | A subordinate group whose members have significantly less control or power over their own| | |lives than do the members of a dominant or majority group | |Emigration |Leaving a country to settle in another | |Immigration |Coming into a new country as a permanent resident | |Culture |The arts and other manifestations of human intellectual achievement regarded collectively | Part II Answer each question...
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...percent of the population were members of racial minorities, and another 15 percent or so were Hispanic. These percentages represent one out of three people in the United States, without counting White Ethnic groups, between 2008 and 2100 African, Hispanic, Asian, and Native American portion of the population in the U.S. is expected to increase from 33 percent to 60 percent. Even though the content of the population is developing, problems discrimination, prejudice, and mistrust remain. Hamel (2014), The multicultural society and labor force have advantages to help with the discrimination and prejudice when in regards to employment. The U.S. Department of Labor says the employment laws make it illegal for employers to discriminate based on age, color, race, sex, religion, and ethic group when making hiring decisions. Most businesses hire workers from different cultural groups to create a diverse workplace environment. A diverse labor force can yield several benefits for businesses (The Advantages of a Multicultural Labor Force). Ethnic groups have a common cultural bond. An ethic group does not exist simply because of cultural origins of the group or common national. These groups develop because of historical and social experience which is considered the basis for the ethnic group identity. For example in the matrix it explains how African American went through the struggle of the civil rights movement to the injustices of the Jim Crow era was a process this group had to...
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...Population: 247mm (US is 314mm). Growth Rate: 1.9% Distribution by age, sex, geographic areas: 58% of population lives in Java, the largest island in the archipelago. There are 300 distinct ethnic groups in Indonesia, yielding an eclectic mix of over 500 languages. Javanese is the largest ethnic group, representing 42% of all ethnic groups on the islands. Hundreds of other groups make up the remaining 60% of the cultural demographic. Eastern Indonesia is inhabited by Melanesians, but regional identities are largely overcome by a sense of strong nationalism. Economic statistics and activity: GNP, GDP, rate of growth: The economy of Indonesia is the largest economy in Southeast Asia with a GDP of US$928.3B (nearly one Trillion), and the world’s 16th largest in terms on nominal GDP. The debt ratio to GDP is 26%. The industry sector is the largest, accounting for more than 46% of GDP. The country’s growth rate is roughly 6% In 2010, Indonesia was the 27th ranked exporting country, shipping products in decreasing order to Japan, Singapore, the United States, and China. Indonesia‘s export commodities are derivative of the country’s vast natural resources - oil and gas, electrical appliances, plywood, rubber, and textiles. Personal income per capita: In 2010, the per capita national income was 8,412,617 Rupiah. The current exchange rate is .000087 Rupiah to 1 US Dollar. This exchange puts the Indonesian national income at less than USD $1,000.00. The exchange rate was different...
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