Managing Diversity In Workplace Evans Winata Challenge Statement It all started with an email containing an offensive joke, as shown below. Morning Puzzle: Do you recognize these acronyms? UFO IBB NAACP Answer: UFO = Ugly ________ Orientals; IBB = Itty Bitty Breasts; NAACP = _______, Apes, Alligators, Coons and Possums
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Human classification and division is one of the largest conflicts in history. Early humans raped, murdered, and outcompeted other species of the Homo genus, ancient India used religion and a caste system to divide society, and within the last two centuries mankind used scientific racism and nationalism to spark hatred and discontent. Several of these ideas of separation are found in the eugenics movement. Eugenics is the science of improving mankind by discouraging those with weak genes from having
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Standardized Testing: An Ineffective Way to Measure Students’ Intelligence High-stakes testing turns many classrooms and schools into prep centers rather than offering rich, engaging, well-rounded instruction. Rote and narrow instruction bores and alienates students, making them tune out and feel they are little more than their scores (FairTest, 2004). High schools exit exams (FairTest, 2008) push many thousands of students out of school. As a result of these factors, urban graduation
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EEOC v. FREEMAN, the EEOC filed a law suit against Freeman and alleged the company’s hiring policy which includes criminal background and credit history checks, has a disparate impact on African-American, Hispanic, and male applicants. And the material fact of this case is whether Defendant’s hiring criteria of conducting criminal background and credit history checks is consistent with business necessity. Since the Defendant was charged by the EEOC with unlawful discrimination in this case, the source
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Abigail Hardin CTD 447 Tong Book Report 2 25 October 2011 Rivoli, R. (2009) (2nd Edition). The Travels of a T-Shirt in the Global Economy: An Economist Examines the Markets, Powers, and Politics of World Trade. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons. The Advantages and Disadvantages of China’s Apparel Manufacturing Industry China leads in the apparel manufacturing industry like the United States leads in cotton production. However, China’s dominance is much different than that of the United States
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become quite common in the contemporary society. Racial profiling refers to the practice of using race as the main ground for suspecting individuals of having committed an offense. I will be sharing this article with the history professor in Sunderland University. Racial Profiling Component of Article The article that I will review and is related to this topic on racial profiling is named “Race and Justice: Wrongful Convictions of African American Men” is written by Feagin Joe. Precisely, this
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Is police officer killing people? You may not believe this , but it actually did happen in real life. The article “ First There Cops shot 140 bullets at a Black couple. Then complained about Reverse Racism” written by Shane Bauer. The article reports a distressing event. According to the article: “While 53 percent of Cleveland's population was black when Russell and Williams were killed, just 26 percent of its police officers were. Between 2007 and 2013, the city's police killed at least 21 people
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blog followers can post their own stories, “signal-bosting” threads where bloggers can post links and share other articles, and “spillover” threads for more discussion on a certain topic in the comments section. The latest post, a response to the report on Rolling Stone’s handling of the University of Virginia rape story, was very eye opening and provided a different perspective. In November, Rolling Stone released a story about a rape on the UVA campus. The victim, called Jackie, wished to remain
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everything clears with my background check. Background check? As I walk out of the building I cannot help but wonder what they might find that may be detrimental to my opportunity to get this job. Questions start flying through my mind as my heart begins to race. What might they find from my past jobs? What are they trying to find? Who will they talk to? I have never stolen anything from my past jobs, embezzled or any of that sort. Or, do they not have limitations on how far back they will look. Will they
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thousands upon thousands of praying pilgrims, both sexes, and every size, shape, color, race in the world.” It was a sight that inspired his famous “Letters from Abroad”, three letters, one from Saudi Arabia, one from Nigeria and one from Ghana, that began reflection Malcolm X’s philosophy. “America,” he wrote from Saudi Arabia on April 20, 1964, “needs to understand Islam, because this is the one religion that erases the race problem from its society.” He would later concede that “the white man is not inherently
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