Culture Diversity Reflection

Culture Diversity Reflection

The Cultural Diversity course has learnt me to what it means to be culturally competent. Before this class I didn’t know the actual definition of cultural and linguistic competence. For me to become more culturally competent it requires me to be more knowledgeable and open to other culture’s beliefs and values. This class has taught me a lot about cultural diversity, and has started me on my journey of learning and becoming a more culturally competent person. Actually I enjoyed in all classes with our leader Mr. Gregory because we can easily understand him, he has good style to teach us and let us know about cultures.

It is so important for students to learn about culture diversity to communicate with people easily, to understand them culture to avoid the misunderstanding, and to can to live together. I think the best age to learn culture diversity for students in seven years old because this age can understand the people way. The most interesting thing I learnt is isms. If UAE government decided to have a Harmony day I suggest to be in winter because it is the good season to do something on it. We should celebrating in the desert because it's nice place to enjoy.    

The good thing in the life when people understand each because they know about cultures and how to communicate together,

Exercise 10A:

Slavery is an old bad thing that happening in our world, I saw the two videos I felt sorry for the slaves in somewhere, they thought that if they will get a number of dollars but after they arrive to this place they get shock that the contract with less salary, there are many places in world to do this thing specifically the rich countries. These hard workers have human rights and the rights should be given to them.

I build my house on www.slaveryfootprint.org and I got the result that 73 slavers work for me.

Exercise #8 part 1

I graduated from a Canadian school and i have already used these dimensions to make sure that i cooperate with other people from around the world, such as understanding that westerners have a low context culture and i understood that they always get to the point and action is taken appropriately. Also making sure that even as an Emirati, i have to treat all my classmates equally and understand that there is no high power distance between us therefore accepting their culture and understand that most of them come from an individualist society.

In school, if students wanted something to change therefore we would socially orientate by having a student council and we would all gather and share ideas and thoughts therefore we would come up with a change and uncertainty tolerating into achieving what we want as a collective society.

In weddings, some Emirati families try to mix the genders to be more civilized and globalized but most families like to stick to tradition due to religious beliefs or maybe because its less of a hassle to change.

Exercise #8b

Cultural Dimension	Character Todd, Puro, Aisha or other	Outsourced Scene or Circumstance
Low-context culture	Dave	Outsourced Scene
High-context culture	Puro	Outsourced Scene
Individualism	Aisha	Outsourced Scene
Collectivism	Puro	Outsourced Scene
Low power distance	Todd	Outsourced Scene
High power distance	Employees of the call center	Outsourced Scene
Uncertainty tolerance	Auntie J	Outsourced Scene
Uncertainty avoidance	Aisha	Outsourced Scene
Task orientation	Todd	Outsourced Scene
Social orientation	Puro	Outsourced Scene

 

Exercise #8a:

·Low-context and high-context culture

1. Low-context culture: Its Eid! give me my money!
2. High-content culture: Inshallah, after the prayer we will finalize our business

• Individualism and collectivism

1. Individualism: An Emirati can own his own land.
2. Collectivism: All small stores are owned by the government

• · Low power distance and high power distance

1. Low power distance: Different tribes welcome each other.
2. High power distance: Some Emiratis' often see Indians as lesser

• · Uncertainty tolerance and uncertainty avoidance

1. Uncertainty tolerance: UAE accepts other cultures and tries to make them feel at home.
2. Uncertainty avoidance: Women in the UAE, cannot show alot of their skin.

• · Task orientation and social orientation

1. Task orientation: UAE is trying to be one of the best countries therefore increasing technology so citizens can be more advanced at learning.
2. Social orientation: UAE's culture always tries to give to others, who cant maintain themselves.

Ethnocentrism Assignment – Exercise #7

Ethnocentrism Assignment – Exercise #7 EXTRA ++

1. Read about Ethnocentrism on Edmodo (Week #6)

2. List three examples of ethnocentrism from history?

European Imperialism Imperialism, the practice of taking over other lands, was heavily practiced by Europe starting in the sixteenth century.

The Mandate of Heaven One of the most prominent examples of ethnocentrism was the Sinocentric system developed out of the idea of the "Mandate of Heaven" proliferated by the Chinese philosopher confusic.

Nazi Germany One of the most well known and the most horrible examples of ethnocentrism to ever occur was during Nazi Germany.

3. What country is known for being ethnocentric today?

United States

4. What is the famous quote from Shylock which reminds all of us of our humanity?

"if you prick us, do we not bleed? if you trickle us, do we not laugh? if you poison us, do we not die?And if you wrong us, shall we not seek revenge?"

5. Look at the two maps of ethnocentric Americans and ethnocentric Indians.

6. Now make your own map showing how Emiratis see the world

Adverse Reactions to Diversity – Portfolio exercise #6

Course-Cultural Diversity Code: LSSS N205
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-All blacks are good at sports. (Stereotyping)

-This man has a past of murdering innocent people, I’m sure he killed this person. (Prejudice)

-I like coca cola; therefore I should serve it to my friends. (Bias)

-“Anyone who is not of pure Aryan blood, shall be killed”-Adolf Hitler (Discrimination)

Watch Class Divided

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With partners, answer the following:

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-The experiment was done to 3^rdgraders.

-The experiment took place in the US, during the 1950’s.

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-The teacher divided the classroom into 2 sides, brown eyed students and the blue eyed students. At first the teacher has given more authorization to the blue eyed students, after that she has given the authorization to the brown eyed students.

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-The students started judging and discriminating the opposite eye colors, who are also their own classmates after being informed that the one half is better than the other.

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-The experiment was very successful, because the student learned that no matter the color of the skin or eyes of an individual, that nobody should be treated differently.

Going Deeper

In groups of four, discuss the following:

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-My friends from high school didn’t want to spend time with me, because they thought I would gloat about the things I had.

< !--[if !supportLists]-->Ø <!--[endif]-->a time you discriminated against somebody else

-I met a homosexual man, and I didn’t feel comfortable sitting next to him because of religious beliefs.

< !--[if !supportLists]-->Ø <!--[endif]-->a time you witnessed discrimination and did nothing about it

-People from Israel are not allowed to enter the UAE.

< !--[if !supportLists]-->Ø <!--[endif]-->A time you witnessed discrimination and did somethingabout it.

-I had guests at my house and they were not saying very nice things about my housemaid, so I told them to watch their tongues because my housemaid works very hard to satisfy the household needs.
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portfolio exercise #6

 

 

1. Define:

a. Stereotyping : is a thought that may be adopted about specific types of individuals or certain ways of doing things

b. Prejudice : opinion that is not based on reason or actual experience

c. Bias: prejudice for or against one person or group

 

 

d. Discrimination : the unjust or prejudicial treatment of different categories of people

 

2. Give an example of each.

 

Watch Class Divided Understanding

With partners, answer the following:

1. Where, when and with whom did this experiment take place?

fin 1950 USA the teacher.

2. Describe the experiment.

the teacher told how got blue eyes are better then brown eyes.

3. What were the results?

the blue eyes make fun of brown eyes and call them funny names.

4. How successful do you believe it was?

it make those kids learn that they must deal with them normally and don't make fun of them.

Hussain AlMansoori

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Film Reflection #1 :

my name is hussian almansoori and my vido was talking about sword and spear and how they used it and when they used it. before they need food to eat and they have to hunting by spear and sword, and the important thing to use it for protcet them selfs. Also the old people were said if the tribe have more weapon they will be more strong and no body will can attack them, 

all my group discuss and give an examples of our traditional but i and my role was to show the student about hunting in uae in specific way because in the past our grandparents most of them were working in the sea . Sea is the main sources in the past to get a money and live well but they have to leave their family for a period of time when they went for a journey and their wife take care of the kids and the house so they handle a big responsibility . Moreover, they were using a specific tools for hunting such as net and hooks . This just one example from our emirate's traditional and i am very proud of it because our grand fathers were doing their best to provide to us a good living and life.

Short Film About UAE Culture :

       http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROk4AnHLl50

           Hussain AlMansoori  H00280292

                                                                      Racism

Racism can explained as when actions, practices that are based when seen divides the human species into races which share the same ethinicty culture. Or when one culturally similar group thinks or be superior to others and treat them low by discriminating them. Racism can also occur when a group is treated in a preferential way that would favour them or when a group is denied of services or things making them be treated un equally. In 1996 UNESCO described racism as

 “… any distinction, exclusion, restriction or preference based on race, color, descent, or national or ethnic origin that has the purpose or effect of nullifying or impairing the recognition, enjoyment or exercise, on an equal footing, of human rights and fundamental freedoms in the political, economic, social, cultural or any other field of public life.(Part 1 of Article 1 of the U.N. International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination)^[55]”

In 2001 the european union banned racism. Racism has mainly led to many violences around the world causing people to kill and harass each other. It was started with the man slavery where a particular cast made a lower cast to be his slave and obey his orders and live accordingly without giving his freedom. The mainv racial discrimination found around the world was between the blacks and the white where the blacks were treated very low everywhere around.

Various measures and preventive rally, seminars have been taking place around the world in stopping racial discrimination and promoting peace and equal treatment of everyone regardless the race, culture or ethnicity. Even in main sport activities everywhere they take or find a place to let the world say No to Racism and to treat every human equal.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racism

Ten Aspects of Cultural Diversity

These are the ten aspects of cultural diversity which we are going to concentrate on

in this course. 

1)   Download Popplet Lite (free app) from the App Store, and then make a Popplet like the diagram below. Put yourself in the center. Around yourself put the names of six people you know who are not Emirati. Fill in the boxes. What makes them different from you?

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2) Define yourself as an Emirati. Write a short paragraph.

Example – I was born in Abu Dhabi and my nationality is Emirati. I’m 27 years old, I get married and I have Two children, I have graduated from ATI (ADNOC TECHNICAL INSTITUTE) In Diploma. I’m working in Gasco Company.

3)  Now, let’s complete the table below, based on our class discussion:

Main Category	Sub-Category	Example
1. Religion	Hindu, Muslim, Christian	My teacher is a Christian.
2. Ethnicity	Indian American	My friends is Indian
3. Language	Arabic, English , Urdu	My friend speaks Urdu
4. Value and belief systems	Believe, Trust, Faith	I believe my friend
5. Disability	Blind, deaf	I saw a blind man in the mosque
6. Class	Upper medium	My cousin is upper class
7. Gender	Male, Female	I am male
8. Age	Young, old	My grand Father is old
9. Education background	School, University	My son is in school
10. Race	Emirati, American , Canadian	My friend is Pakistani

*The world population can be divided into 4 major races, namely white/Caucasian, Mongoloid/Asian, Negroid/Black and Australoid. This is based on a racial classification made by Carleton S. Coon in 1962.  There is no universally accepted classification for “race”, however, and its use has been under fire over the last few decades. The United Nations, in a 1950 statement, opted to “drop the term ‘race’ altogether and speak of “ethnic groups”.