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Appendix A

Part I

Define the following terms found in Week One and Week Two readings:

Term Definition
Diversity
To have a mix of race, religion, sex and or age of someone.
Ethnocentrism
Judging another culture based on how you were raised or the culture you were raised in. Judging a person based on your beliefs and upbringing.
Melting pot A group or nation of people that are all from different backgrounds and nationalities.
Minority group A group of people that is far outnumbered by their surround community or population.
Emigration
To leave one country and settle or reside in another nation.
Immigration
Arriving in a new country.
Culture
A way a person acts based on how they were raised. A norm that is with a community or nation.

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 can be identified in many different ways. From how they look, religious

beliefs, what they wear, and what language they speak, food they eat and even wealth. One of the

main ways a group can be identified is through sex. This would be the quickest way to identify a

group. Instantly you can determine if someone is a male or female. As well as determining the

sex of someone you can just as easily determine the race by skin color. This may allow you to

narrow a group down. Although more information would be needed to pin point a person to their

actually origin or birth place. There is many ways to distinguish a certain group of people. This

may be considered stereotyping, but it is pretty common to see one group of people all doing

some of the same things. You could even identify a group of people by the type of food

commonly eaten and served. Many nationalities tend to eat at least one type of food that can be

identified and related to a certain nationality. The same can be said for a language that a group of

people may be speaking. Although there may be common languages spoken among different

groups you can sometimes pick up on accents or different words that pin point a region where

that a group resides.

Identifying a group may not always be easy without research. Without stereotyping a

person and actually listening to them a group can be narrowed down pretty quick. Identifying a

group can be done by race, religion, sex and language spoken. It can be accomplished by almost

anyone just as long as that person is well informed and not quick to pass judgment.

2. Why do people label and group other people?

I feel that people label and group others because of how we are raised and it is the norm. I

believe that most people are not well educated on the subject of cultural diversity and choose

to just stereotype rather than take the time to learn. The American society tends to go off of

norms and how they were raised. If a person was told all their lives that all Hispanics for

example are the same, that is all they know. It is much easier to group people to together than

to learn each nationality and the differences. Being born and raised in Arizona I have seen

firsthand how people label and group individuals together. Because of Arizona's close

proximity to Mexico the majority of the people all think that just because you speak Spanish

you are Mexican, which in fact is not the case. There has been numerous times when I have

been asked if I am from Mexico just because I speak Spanish. I think this is a true testament

that people label groups because they are uneducated and don't want to take the time to learn.

If all a person is surrounded around he or she will always associate the race or religions

together. I believe that most people will continue to group people together, it is just easier to

do so. Everyone has an idea of what each nationality looks like and if people look similar

they will be automatically from the same country, which many of the times is not true. This

is something I really challenge myself on and I try not to jump to conclusions based on how

someone looks or how they speak. Humans will always label and group individuals based on

race and religion. Until people take the opportunity to educate them this will be a continued

problem throughout the world.