Ethnic Groups and Discrimination LaKeisha Ford ETH/125 Cultural Diversity Axia College of University of Phoenix Instructor: Jim Dowding October 03, 2010 Racial and Ethnic Groups African American is the ethnic group to which I belong, it was difficult to determine if African Americans were colonized or immigrated to the United States. Although, this ethnic group were not given a choice to the situation my answer would lean toward immigrated by force. The country where my ancestors originated
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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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intercultural communication plays the crucial role in developing cultural diversity in the region. (Porter, 2005) Problem Causes • Ethnocentrism It is the social belief that personal culture is superior to the others, which is one of the major causes of inefficient intercultural communication, as individuals do not feel good enough to explore about other cultures, in order to keep their culture superior. • Racism Racism is another significant
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What information about diversity in the United States has helped you better understand or relate to others in ways that you may not have in the past? * * When looking at the information that we covered in this class what has helped me the most has been learning about the history of the problems, learning about the history of immigration and how this has molded our country into its current state and learning that we are moving always towards “one race”. This makes us closer to just being
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important under certain circumstances. A good example would be in schooling. It is not important in the way that children will segregate those who are different from them, but in the way that it would be a great learning tool for them to experience diversity. The kids would get personal experience with different ethnicities and that would help them break down any sort of social barrier they have in their mind about other races. I know little kids can be weird when it comes to topics like people with
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AFFIRMATIVE ACTION “Affirmative action has become a moral and political question which seems to divide Americans rather than unite them.” Those in favor of affirmative action support the idea of correcting racism and reversing the lasting effects of discrimination; those opposed to affirmative action feel that no group should be favored over another group based on sex or color of skin. Over the course of time, the development, defense, and contesting of affirmative action has been (1) legal
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The relationship between racism and white privilege is obvious in their individual definitions alone. Racism is the belief that all members of a certain race possess characteristics specific to that race, and as such, distinguish it as inferior or superior to another race or races. (4) The white privilege system maintains this racial dominance through a series of beliefs, behaviours, policies and use of language. (12) It is a particular set of advantages, often invisible to those who benefit from
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SOC 322 Complete Class Discussions and Assignments Click Link Below To Buy: http://hwcampus.com/shop/soc-322-complete-class/ Discussion Forum 1 Discussion Forum 1: What is your cultural background, and what is it like where you live? In Discussion Forum 1, post your response to the following discussion questions. Reply to at least two classmates’ responses by the date indicated in the course Calendar. 1. What is your cultural background, and what is it like where you live? 2. Describe
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development of Native American. This chapter consist of three parts , history of native; how federal polices effect on native American ; what situation the native American in today. After reading this chapter, I think racism is a very painful problem in the United States. of the first acts of racism in American was against the Native Americans. At first, the Native Americans were the Europeans’ friends. The Native Americans showed the Europeans how to farm, hunt and live off the land in this new America.
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Final Project ETH/125 October 16, 2013 Final Project • What information about diversity in the United States has helped you better understand or relate to others in ways that you may not have in the past? During this class I found it interesting that I was noticing interracial couples more often. While I do not have a prejudice against this, this class opened my eyes to what is really out in the world. While I am very happy to see this I also know that as long as society chooses to
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