Cultral and Divertsy in Health and Social Care
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Unit 6 theresa hannam
theresa hannam
In this assignment l am writing about 5 different factors about culture and diversity will also show how discrimination effects these choices.
The definition of discrimination is the unequal treatment of individuals usually on the basis of gender, religion, age, race, or disability.it is a negative action towards a social group. My choices are
Ethnicity
Family structure
Gender
Sexuality
Disabilities
ETHNICITY
Means individuals that share a language, cultural practice, and religious beliefs examples include English polish Indian Chinese welsh Scottish .people who share the same race such as the Asian population can be Japanese Thai and Korean.
Berthoud modood and smith (1997) define ethnic group as follows: a community whose heritage offers important characteristics in common between its members and which makes them distinct from other communities. There is a boundary, which separates ‘us’ from ‘them’, and the distinction would probably be recognized on both sides of that boundary. Ethnicity is a multi-faceted phenomenon based on physical appearance, subjective identification, cultural and religious affiliation, stereotyping, and social exclusion. This creates diversity because some individuals consider other ethnic backgrounds to be inferior to themselves. There are some groups such as the British national party believe that only white people belong in England. In the UK and elsewhere referring to an individual as ethnic could cause the offence, but is broadly accepted in the USA Canada and Australia. In the USA racial and ethnic discrimination have had a very long history is starts in the 17th century with the importation of African slaves. The 13th amendment brought slavery to an end but it did not put a stop to the racial discrimination, the us legal system for over 70 years embraced a system of
Unit 6 theresa hannam
theresa hannam
In this assignment l am writing about 5 different factors about culture and diversity will also show how discrimination effects these choices.
The definition of discrimination is the unequal treatment of individuals usually on the basis of gender, religion, age, race, or disability.it is a negative action towards a social group. My choices are
Ethnicity
Family structure
Gender
Sexuality
Disabilities
ETHNICITY
Means individuals that share a language, cultural practice, and religious beliefs examples include English polish Indian Chinese welsh Scottish .people who share the same race such as the Asian population can be Japanese Thai and Korean.
Berthoud modood and smith (1997) define ethnic group as follows: a community whose heritage offers important characteristics in common between its members and which makes them distinct from other communities. There is a boundary, which separates ‘us’ from ‘them’, and the distinction would probably be recognized on both sides of that boundary. Ethnicity is a multi-faceted phenomenon based on physical appearance, subjective identification, cultural and religious affiliation, stereotyping, and social exclusion. This creates diversity because some individuals consider other ethnic backgrounds to be inferior to themselves. There are some groups such as the British national party believe that only white people belong in England. In the UK and elsewhere referring to an individual as ethnic could cause the offence, but is broadly accepted in the USA Canada and Australia. In the USA racial and ethnic discrimination have had a very long history is starts in the 17th century with the importation of African slaves. The 13th amendment brought slavery to an end but it did not put a stop to the racial discrimination, the us legal system for over 70 years embraced a system of