Personal Reflection #3 - Stereotyping & Bias

Stereotyping, Prejudice & Discrimination

 

 

In this essay, I am going to write about stereotyping, prejudice and discrimination and give some example from my own experience. First, lets talk about stereotyping, It is usually start with the word all and actually it is based on few, like All Muslims are terrorist, which was an act of a few group, also we can say all white American are racists, the Mexican in the United State illegal and the young people are not irresponsible about the life or every thing in the life. The second is I ma going to write about the prejudice which is when people judging others before knowing them, example, when someone said to be dumb or lazy because of his overweight, while the fact might be something else like some medical issues, the 2^nd example is when human when someone said to be dumb or lazy because of his overweight, while the fact might be something else like some medical issues, the 3^rd example about prejudice we can say when the women are bad drivers is another prejudiced thought. So its important to avoid prejudiced ideas and know the fact before judging on someone or something. In my last paragraph I am going to write some example about discrimination is what was happening in the 1965s in the United Stated, the first example, segregation of white people and black people, also the job position and salary of men is more than women for the same job, because of the prejudiced idea that men work more than women, which is not right at all, the last example about the discrimination when two person applied for a job one is Kate and the other is Anita, most properly Kate will be picked because Anita is African. So usually discrimination is a wrong action that is based on a wrong prejudiced idea. My personal prejudice experience in my life, which is I am going to write it  

 

 

 

 

Everest climbing team:Cultural Diversity -Portfolio #3

Everest climbing team: Cultural Diversity

Watch the film and take notes to answer the following questions:

1. List the team members by name, with their duties and country

Name Responsibility Country Skills

-- Jamling find ways to the top of mountains India Guide (Nepal)

- Seggara make roads on mountains Spain Mountain climbing(Spain)

- Roger researching rocks Geologist(England)

- ED victor lead his team USA Leader(USA)

- Sumio recording the trip details Documentary(japan)

- Paul

2. What were the qualities or skills of each member that benefited the team?

most of them were climbers and few had different skills

3. How was the Team helped by ‘cultural diversity’ to attain their goal (reach the summit of Everest)?

everyone used his own cultural diversity and helped each other and they presented their cultural diversity among all of the climbers and the others they helped each other while everyone was from a different country and different cultural

UAE Demographics: Portfolio #1

UAE Demographics:

Ethnic Groups	Percentage	Year	Source
Emiraties	19%	1982	https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ae.html
Arabs and Iranians	23%	1982	https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ae.html
South Asians	50%	1982	https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ae.html
Westerns and South Asians	8%	1982	https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ae.html

Religions	Percentage	Year	Source
Muslims ( Suni )	96%	1982	https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ae.html
Muslims ( Shia )	16%	1982	https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ae.html
Christians	4%	1982	https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ae.html

1. Write a definition of cultural diversity in your own words.

Culture diversity is basin on the culture identity which shouldn't be forgotten but rather be preserved and valued.

2. Give examples of cultural diversity in Abu Dhabi (Places of worship, organizations, etc.)

An islands such as Sir Bani Yas, and an organization that helps children learn about our culture such as Emirates Heritage Club.

Quiz – What are Multiculturalism, Assimilation and Acculturation? Personal Reflection #3

Quiz – What are Multiculturalism, Assimilation and Acculturation?

True or False? If FALSE, write the TRUE answer.

<!--[if !supportLists]-->1. <!--[endif]-->A Multicultural society can be described as a society with a single set of values.	False, culture in school
<!--[if !supportLists]-->2. <!--[endif]-->A “salad bowl” represents varied and separate cultures.	True
<!--[if !supportLists]-->3. <!--[endif]-->One aspect of Multiculturalism is respecting different cultures.	True
<!--[if !supportLists]-->4. <!--[endif]-->Cultural Diversity can be represented by a “melting pot”	False, Salad Bowl
<!--[if !supportLists]-->5. <!--[endif]-->Acculturation means learning the culture of your birth country.	False, Learning the culture of your new country

Define in your own words:

<!--[if !supportLists]-->1. <!--[endif]-->“Melting Pot” Different people from different countries get together in one country and become one culture.

<!--[if !supportLists]-->2. <!--[endif]-->“Salad Bowl” Different cultures mixed together.

<!--[if !supportLists]-->3. <!--[endif]-->“Assimilation” Everything mixed up becoming the same.

<!--[if !supportLists]-->4. <!--[endif]-->“Acculturation” cultural assimilation is a socio-political reaction to demographic multiculturalism that supports the adjustment of cultural and ethnic sections into the main culture.

<!--[if !supportLists]-->5. <!--[endif]-->“Enculturation” Is used to describe the process of first culture learning.

Complete the sentence with words from the text:

Acculturation often results in changes to Culture, Customs and institution as well as changes in food, Clothing and language.

Give a synonym:

varied	Diverse	respect	Esteem	dominate	Control
multiple	Many	central	Vital	interacting	Relating
specific	Exact	represents	Signifies	adopt	Assume

varied	homogeneous	respect	disrespect	gradually	rapidly
multiple	few	common	rare	dominant group	minority
specific	general	contrasted with	similar to	adopt	reject

Culture and Personality in Anthropology

Read the section about Culture and Personality in Anthropology. Answer these questions about that section:-

1. Define “Anthropology” in your own words the study of thenature and essence of humankind.

2. Define “movement” in this context

3. What do you understand by “socialization of children” Give an example

4. Read this sentence again and give examples of childrearing in different societies and cultures: “socialization creates personality patterns. It helps shape people’s emotions, thoughts, behaviors, cultural values and norms to fit into and function as productive members in the surrounding human society. The study of culture and personality demonstrates that different socialization practices such as childrearing in different societies (cultures) result in different personality types.”
answer : (food) (clothing) ( language ) ( marriage ) and religion

5. Read this sentence again and say to what extent you agree: “all humans are the same when born, but childrearing in different societies causes deviations in behavior and personalities from each other.”

6. Reflect on the reading above. Can you see a link between your culture and your personality? Think about that in relation to your own culture first, and then think about personality and culture in a different society. Reflect. Give examples.
answer : (my culture is my behavior and personality we was taught in our culture that involves our personality as well)

Who are the Americans? Portfolio #3

Who are the Americans?

Discuss and note your ideas

Who lives in America? Where did they come from? When?

England , they came from Europe in the 17^th century

Spain , they came from Europe , in the 17^th century

France , they came from Europe , in the 17^th century

Have you seen any films about people emigrating to America? Which?

No I didn’t

Were there any immigrants on The Titanic?

Yes there were immigrants on the titanic (http://www.titanic-nautical.com/RMS-Titanic-Immigration.html)

Research

Look at this website and study the data, especially the ‘by region’ information to find out where Americans come from: http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/immigration/immigration_data/

1. Explore the historical timeline to see where the immigrants arrived from in different eras. Choose one link from ‘A New Land’, ‘Expanding America’ and ‘A Place of Refuge’ menus and note: Where did the people come from and why did they go to America.

A New Land: they came from Europe (Spain)( France) (England) most of them they immigrated because of freedom and food and resources

Expanding America: They had large of immigrates while the revolution war . in 19^th century 1 million slaves from Africa where imported there and they were not citizen in early 19^th century nearly all immigrates was from western Europe

A Place of Refuge: world war 2 happened and the economy went down and it wasn’t the perfect land to go and the immigration percentage went down . some people thought of immigrating to some another country

2. Look at the ‘Building a Modern America’ – ‘A Multicultural America’ page. What information can you find about recent US immigration? A major change to immigration legislation in 1965 paved the way for new waves of immigration from all over of the world. Asians and Latin Americans arrived in large numbers, while European immigration declined.

3. Now click on ‘Explore Ellis Island’ and answer the questions. (There is 1 question per page.)

· Where did immigrants land when they arrived in America? Ellis Island Immigration Station between 1892 and 1954

· How long did it take to cross the Atlantic? This trip across the Atlantic ocean lasted for one two weeks

· What was the first thing people saw in America? Statue of liberty

· What did the officers give the immigrants? Paper with all the names

· What did the doctors do while the people walked upstairs? Test the people for any illness

· Why couldn’t women enter America alone?

· What did the chalk marks X and P mean? What happened to those people?

· How many questions did they ask immigrants? Twenty nine questions

· When did pre-departure health checks start?

· What facilities were available at the bottom of the stairs?

· What happened at ‘The Kissing Post’? it got this nickname because its where family and friends waited their loved ones

Think!

When people come to work in the UAE, what must they do? (Paperwork, procedures, tests…)

America is a multicultural society; it is culturally diverse. It is not a ‘melting pot’, it is more like a ‘salad bowl’. Americans often talk about being ‘first generation’, ‘second generation’ or third generation’ immigrants. ‘First generation’ is term used for the children of immigrants, ‘second generation’ is the term for the grandchildren of immigrants, so ‘third generation’ is ……………………………………………………? By the second or third generation, the connection with the immigrant’s country may be very weak or non-existent so we can say that these people have assimilated into the culture. Over the years, some people and cultural groups have assimilated into American society. They have blended and are examples of assimilation. When two cultures meet, acculturation happens. This is the meeting of the cultures and the process of adapting to each other and adopting new behaviours, which can be a one-way or two-way process. However, some groups may keep many of the customs, traditional ways and characteristics of their home culture even though they adapt to the new country. These people have acculturated by adopting new behaviours in their new country, but they have not assimilated. Immigrants and the first generation may acculturate but not assimilate, but later generations may be assimilated.

Think again!

Why do/did some people/groups assimilate and others do/did not?

Personal Reflection #2

Based on our 2053 class discussions and my research into the Future Center and Paralympics i can reflect on how people can be better integrated into society in these ways people with disabilities are human like us and they should be treated the same as we are, in the past people use to hide their children that have disabilities and where not proud of having them , but now that changed there have a big role in society, they work and go out and participate in a lot of things, such as festivals and they volatile in some events and do a great job in it. I don't see that they are different from us, maybe they have Congenital malformation but they still can do good jobs like normal people, as a fact i have a cousin that has Down syndrome, but he smart and a great kid, he has trouble in absorbing information, talking in an understandable way and imbalance in walking but in the end he does understand. In the beginning it was hard for his family and that is because they didn't know how to deal with him, but now everyone in the family likes him and like to play with him, it became easy to handle him, not that easy but better than when he was first born. Unfortunately when he was first born they kept hiding him and we never saw him for approximately three years, which I think that is wrong and they shouldn't of done that, but now they realized that there is nothing wrong with him and he plays with the small kids like an ordinary kid. Now he is a part of the family like everyone else

Diversity and Personal Conduct – vocabulary : : Portfolio #4

Find the definition OR synonym of each of the words:

1. Civility / civilized : Cultured

2. Acknowledge : Allow

3. Inclusive / inclusion : Addition

4. Respect : Esteem

5. Apology : an admission of error or discourtesy accompanied by an expression of regret

6. Consideration : Thought

7. Behavior : Actions

8. Responsibility : Duty

9. Attention (pay) : Consideration

10. Tolerance : Acceptance

11. Attitude (positive) : Outlook

12. Conduct : Manner

13. Politeness : Respect

14. Constructive (comment) : useful

15. Kindness : Compassion