Gipon There were many things about diversity in the United States that took place many years ago. People of different races, religions, and culture backgrounds were not treated fairly. Groups of people are identified by being put into groups, racial groups and ethnic groups. And from these groups they are put in subgroups, such as minority and majority. A minority subgroup has five characteristics about how they were treated. They were not treated equal to
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Asrani (2000-2010), defines power distance as the extent to which a society accepts the fact that power in organizations is distributed unequally. Individualism/collectivism is defined as the extent to which people act on their own or as a part of a group. Uncertainty avoidance is defined as the extent to which people in a society feel threatened by uncertain and ambiguous situations. Masculinity/feminity [sic] is defined as the extent to which a society values quantity of life (e.g., accomplishment
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is the case for the ethnic groups in Iraq. During Saddam Hussein’s government there were revolts intended to change the boundaries of Iraq set earlier by colonial powers. According to the newspaper “USA Today” When the United States and the coalition of other countries were able to dismantle Hussein’s government the idea of separation began to take form by the local ethnic groups” ( Michaels 2014). During the period of Iraq’s existence, tensions between all of these ethnic groups have emerged due
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and permits prejudice and discrimination. Today’s society is structured in a way by the dominant group that prejudice and discrimination comes across more subtlety and even at times unintentionally. This wasn’t always depicted that way in the past. For instance, in the 1930’s and 40’s the Nazi Party, the dominant group, was very open about their prejudice and discrimination toward the subordinate groups which included Jews, Gypsies, homosexuals, and Jehovah Witnesses. Not only did they express their
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divided into two groups called the primary dimension and secondary dimension. Though each dimensions adds layers of complexity to an individual’s identity. What influences self image, opportunities, values and individual expectations is the interaction with all the dimensions. Characteristics of primary dimensions are exclusive to an individual. Such would be how old they are, their mental and physical abilities, also his or her race, gender, sexual preferences and his or her ethnic heritage. The
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Diversity: Religion and Workplace Introduction Religion is one of the biggest differences segmenting the world into different parts. There is no other reason from the dawn of time which caused more strife’s and argument among mankind than Religion. Religion can be defined as the faith or moral belief a person possess regarding the nature of being or existing the world. In the modern world there are roughly five or six major religious and yet countless other minor religions have sprung up
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When you think about Hispanics you might think that it is one ethnic group, however there are many ethnic groups incorporated under the heading Hispanics. For my topic today I am going to cover Mexican Americans, Puerto Ricans, Cubans and people from Colombia. While they are all Hispanic they have different languages, traditions and family makeup. In this paper we will discuss the differences and the similarities of these diverse groups of people. It is amazing that although they cover such a vast
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unit focuses on the role of communication in the relationships of peoples and groups with different cultural, ethnic, religious or social backgrounds. It looks at both the cultural barriers to effective communication as well as to various ways those barriers can be overcome. This unit also addresses the concept of dialogue as the use of communication to achieve harmony, mutual understanding and respect among peoples and groups. Learning Outcomes: Students who complete Unit 5 will be able to: explain
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nation and is becoming even more so, 18 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
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is diversity? Why is diversity valued? Diversity is the state or fact of being diverse; difference; unlikeness Diversity is also the inclusion of individuals representing more than one national origin, color, religion, socioeconomic stratum, sexual orientation, etc. (http://goo.gl/ErfMiD) Diversity is valued because recognizing differences between people and acknowledging that these differences are valued assets is key. (http://goo.gl/7GNS9S) 2. What is ethnocentrism? In what ways
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