GENERAL SOCIOLOGY/SOCIETY CULTURE “ETHNIC GROUPS AND RACISM” I. INTRODUCTION Race and ethnicity are important concepts in the field of sociology and are ones that are studied a great deal. Race plays a large role in everyday human interactions and sociologists want to study how‚ why‚ and what the outcomes are of these interactions. A race is a human population that is believed to be distinct in some way from other humans based on real or imagined physical
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20120419 Core Concepts in Cultural Competence Key Concepts (printable) |Cultural Competence | | | | |Definition: |Cultural Competence is a set of values‚ behaviors‚ attitudes and practices within a system‚ organization
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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 and habits acquired by man as a member of society. These influences are conveyed from generation to generation
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immigrants from India to the U.S‚ and the cultural conflicts between their American-born children and them. As a spectator‚ I do believe that both cultures are privileged in different parts of the books‚ and the influences on both generation of acculturation and assimilation in this book also need dialectic discussion. But the author ‚as I think‚ cares more about Hindu culture and tends to foreground it. The life for the first-generation immigrants is very hard. They should not only get used
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Culture Assimilation 1) Definition of the topic: In the article The Importance of ’Community ’ in the Process of Immigrant Assimilation." International Migration Review by Joseph P. Fitzpatrick it explains how there is two steps to assimilating which are‚ cultural assimilation and social assimilation. It defines cultural assimilation as “adapting to values‚ norms‚ and expectations” (6). Immigrants change their personal beliefs and adapt to a new lifestyle. After culturally assimilating it says
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Western’s culture‚ Vietnamese immigrant parents use the authoritarian parent method to discipline children and often time it’s leading to family conflict that can have a mental impact on children. According to "Perception of Vietnamese Father’s Acculturation Levels‚ Parenting Styles‚ and Mental Health Outcomes in Vietnamese American Adolescent Immigrants" by Nguyen‚ Peter V‚ under "VIETNAMESE ADOLESCENTS AND THEIR PARENTS" section‚ it states that "Once landed in the United States‚ these parents must
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Culture and spiritual belief influence end of life care in three different aspects. It affects the communication strategy that the medical professional will use in interacting with the patient or the patients family. Cultural beliefs determine the person or people that will be responsible for making the decisions. Third‚ religious and cultural beliefs influence the attitudes of the patient and their families towards advance care directives (Searight and Gafford‚ 2005). Delivering culturally sensitive
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society’s arena of inequality affects women’s eating problems. In the article about Cultural Obsessions with Thinness the author argues “eating problems may also be a response to poverty‚ sexual abuse‚ racism‚ heterosexism‚ social class inequality and acculturation” (Macionis and Benokraitis‚ 2007). Although women’s eating problems share a sense of inequality using the social-conflict and gender-conflict theories they also differ. In the article we learn that women turn to food when coping with a traumatic
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Gender Bias and its Impact on Acculturation in America In many Asian societies‚ the male holds a dominant role in maintaining family and cultural values. This aspect seems to cause conflicts between the generations of Asian families here in the United States. The US is known for its permissiveness in self-determination amongst its people. Asians who had an American upbringing would strongly disagree with the views of those who are newly immigrated. These generational conflicts were evident by
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