Human Diversity And Multicultural Theory Analysis
Application of Theory
Janelle R. Lamb
Social Work 383 – Human Diversity and Multicultural Theory
New Mexico Highlands University School of Social Work
Multiculturalism is a historical evolution of cultural diversity. Placing critical, before multiculturalism, adds a “framework for analysis” (Sisneros, 2008, p. 3). With this framework we are able to go beyond what is initially reached for, which is learning about, as well as appreciating, diversity and the devices of oppression that operate in society. It “involves an analysis of the systems that maintain and perpetuate inequality, with the presumption of a commitment to egalitarianism through action” (Sisneros, 2008, p. 3). Structural theories dispute that existing social …show more content…
The American Anti-Myth, “Holds the society largely responsible for the individual’s poverty. The hierarchy of racial discrimination and economic power creates a syndrome of impoverished communities with bad schools and closed options. The children of the poor are funneled into delinquency, drugs, or jobs with meager pay and little future. The individual is a victim of great forces beyond his control, including profit-hungry corporations that exploit his labor” (Shipler, 2005, p. 4).
Marginalized people suffer disadvantage and injustice more often than not. They are denied opportunities to join in fully within society and don’t have rights the same as the dominant group. It is, “not because a tyrannical power coerces them, but because of everyday practices of a well-intentioned liberal society” (Sisneros, 2005, p. 7). So in other words, marginalized people are secondary groups which are assigned second-class citizenship because of their membership – subordinate not dominant. “Oppression systematically reduces, molds, and immobilizes individual members of a group or category” (Sisneros, 2005, p. 7-8). This is true, for both Joe, the agricultural laborer pushed into poverty, and those who are the victim(s) of great forces beyond their control due to hierarchy of racial discrimination and economic
Janelle R. Lamb
Social Work 383 – Human Diversity and Multicultural Theory
New Mexico Highlands University School of Social Work
Multiculturalism is a historical evolution of cultural diversity. Placing critical, before multiculturalism, adds a “framework for analysis” (Sisneros, 2008, p. 3). With this framework we are able to go beyond what is initially reached for, which is learning about, as well as appreciating, diversity and the devices of oppression that operate in society. It “involves an analysis of the systems that maintain and perpetuate inequality, with the presumption of a commitment to egalitarianism through action” (Sisneros, 2008, p. 3). Structural theories dispute that existing social …show more content…
The American Anti-Myth, “Holds the society largely responsible for the individual’s poverty. The hierarchy of racial discrimination and economic power creates a syndrome of impoverished communities with bad schools and closed options. The children of the poor are funneled into delinquency, drugs, or jobs with meager pay and little future. The individual is a victim of great forces beyond his control, including profit-hungry corporations that exploit his labor” (Shipler, 2005, p. 4).
Marginalized people suffer disadvantage and injustice more often than not. They are denied opportunities to join in fully within society and don’t have rights the same as the dominant group. It is, “not because a tyrannical power coerces them, but because of everyday practices of a well-intentioned liberal society” (Sisneros, 2005, p. 7). So in other words, marginalized people are secondary groups which are assigned second-class citizenship because of their membership – subordinate not dominant. “Oppression systematically reduces, molds, and immobilizes individual members of a group or category” (Sisneros, 2005, p. 7-8). This is true, for both Joe, the agricultural laborer pushed into poverty, and those who are the victim(s) of great forces beyond their control due to hierarchy of racial discrimination and economic