background, find strengths in his personality (based from his specific cultural background), and work on weaknesses that he has. Unlike other assessment tools, this is a quantitative-based approach aimed at threshing out a person’s family, religious and ethnic background that Influences the healthcare delivered to that person or to their culture The greater the number of the positive responses shows the person’s greater identification with traditional heritage. (Spector 365) .Based from the writers
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Is multiculturalism compatible with individual rights? Multiculturalism can be defined as a form of identity politics which aims to link personal and social life, seeing individuals as embedded in a particular cultural, social institution or ideological context, advocating equality, rights and cohesion between all different cultural groups. Therefore it is rooted in communitarianism, the idea that we are shaped and defined by the community we live in, and advocates minority group rights. Individual
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Analysis of Approaches The United States is rapidly growing in different racial, ethnic, religious, language, and cultural groups. These diversity groups are increasing the need for multicultural educational initiatives within all schools, including higher education. This essay will examine two of the four approaches to multicultural curriculum reform recommended by Banks (1989). The two approaches are Level I: The Contributions Approach and Level II: The Social Action Approach. Rather than
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Topic: Does globalisation pose a threat to cultural diversity The term globalisation is the movement and integration of people, ideology, economy, and culture beyond domestic and national boarders to other boarders around the globe thus growing the interconnectedness of various societies, economy, and culture. “Globalisation is a state of the world involving networks of interdependence and multi-continental distance” this definition of globalisation was offered by Harvard professors (Roberts Keohame
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like Equal Employment Opportunities (EEO) and the affirmative action, EEO prohibits discrimination based on race, color, ethnicity, religion and gender in employment. The affirmative action was meant to compensate for past discrimination, but now diversity is very important to the organization because of the direct correlation with the organizational effectiveness. It is a critical for an organization to enable their employees express rather than suppress their identities and roles they have outside
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Cultural Background Summary Shenita L. Frith SOC/315 Cultural Diversity Dr. Tramayne M. Butler July 26, 2010 Cultural Background Summary The term culture refers to a way of life – traditions and customs – transmitted through learning, which play a vital role in molding the beliefs and behaviors of the people exposed to them. According to Tylor (1871), a British anthropologist, culture is that complex whole, which includes knowledge, belief, arts, morals, law, custom, and other capabilities
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too involved in the political life, ethnic and religious minorities are not respected enough, broadcast media is not entirely independent and some key issues between Turkey, Greece and Cyprus are still unresolved. There are also many additional factors that are taken into consideration in the public debate. Formally, the European Union cannot deny membership to the state because of religion as long as it is secular and respecting religious and cultural diversity is among its basic values, but many
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Racism is an issue that it is evident in our modern society, and its impact has influenced the way people cohabit in it. Racism has been destroyed the relationship that people should have as human being independent of their races, background, religious and social status. Some people have been victims of racism and discrimination, and other people have witnessed it in everyday lives’ situations such as at school, job, television, sport, etc. Moreover, places that agglomerate people with difference
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Name: SCLY 1: Families and Households Revision Notes 2011-12 By the end of this unit you should be able to * answer any question on families and households ! Key definitions: A family is usually a group of people related by marriage or blood. A household is a person living alone or a group of people living together who may or may not be related. Theories of the family From the specification: The relationship of the family to the social structure and social change * Functionalist
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Jennifer Lopez, Steven Spielberg and the recently elected president Barack Hussein Obama, would usually come to mind. They do all have different religious backgrounds, ethnicities and to some extent culture, but to identify one of them as being “more American” than the others would occur as being weird for most people. Because it’s indeed the high degree of diversity, seen in iconic, grand cities such as New York or Los Angeles, that is representative of the American people today, and therefore the country
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