An essay on the importance of cultural diversity and cultural competence Julie K Drouillard Devry institute SOC 350 July 2009 The United States is a country consisting of many cultures‚ races and religions. The United States is becoming increasingly diverse and global‚ with many minority cultures and races developing into majority cultures and races. Newer religions take their place alongside traditional faiths. Both cultural and spiritual differences in people are potential causes for misunderstanding
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Liberty University EDUC 518 Quantitative Article Review 2 The purpose of this quantitative article review is to explore multicultural issues in autism. This article focuses on two primary issues: autism within cultural groups and multiculturalism family adaptation within the dominant culture. There is plenty of evidence that individuals with autism are challenged on communication‚ social skills and behavioral patterns of interactions. However‚ hardly any research has been done on multicultural
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school system when he talks about pluralism. With many references about American history during the late 60?s‚ he shows the pluralism within American society and the consequences of the non-acknowledgement‚ non-acceptance‚ and disrespect of this multiculturalism within this society. To illustrate his loss of identity in school‚ Gilyard tells us about his first day of school in his new neighborhood Queens. At the moment of introducing himself in front of his classmates Gilyard adopted a new personality
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cultures can question Michelle’s judgement‚ "Am I more Asian or more Australian?" The feeling of not fitting in can lead us to changes in our life to fit social standards despite our previous culture or way of life. Alice Pung addresses the idea of multiculturalism
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a claim. This essay first explores the effect of the internet on the social structures of family life‚ and religious and spiritual practice. Subsequently‚ this essay examines the repercussions of the internet on national cultural identity and multiculturalism. Firstly‚ in the last ten years‚ modern family life has been enhanced by developments in technology‚ and the internet is no exception. The advent of the internet affords parents the opportunity to use the World Wide Web to work from home
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old-fashioned concept of American culture as "Western Civilization" and to give it a new definition as multicultural. It seems even the tone of Reed’s essay‚ happy and welcoming‚ supports the author’s confidence in his point of view and celebrates "multiculturalism." Ishamel Reed describes mixing of cultures in the United States as "a cultural bouillabaisse". He confirms that America is mixed up of a lot of different ethnicities‚ and all of them feel free and comfortable living together‚ by referring
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“Adam?! Breakfast is ready!”. Geez‚ if only she’d just let me get out of bed before yelling at the top of her lungs. I stretch my arms and look around to the flag on my wall; the bright red and white including the geometrically perfect maple leaf in the middle. I miss home more and more… Putting that aside‚ I race up my flight of stairs‚ leaving my basement which I use as a room. Just the amount of privacy and freedom one may have when the doors are shut and a cool temperature is present‚ it makes
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Another framework is the Sue (2001) threefold model of cultural competence that integrates five race- and culture specific constituencies who merit such competence (African Americans‚ Asian Americans‚ Latino Americans‚ Native Americans‚ and European Americans); 31 specific competencies divided into three domains (beliefs/attitudes‚ knowledge‚ and skills); and four ‘‘foci’’ or levels of analysis to which cultural competence should apply (individual‚ professional‚ organizational‚ and societal). There
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Personal Cultural Background A person’s identity is unique and has a foundation of various sources. These sources may be different for every person‚ ranging from a person’s upbringing to a person’s religion. This paper will define cultural background and examine the multiple sources that make up my own personal cultural background that helped mold my individual identity. Furthermore‚ the paper will speculate on the extent to which my current identity has been molded by assimilation‚ acculturation
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Williams‚ 2003). Defining Multicultural Psychology Multicultural psychology can be defined as “the systematic study of behavior‚ cognition‚ and affect in settings where people of different backgrounds interact” (McGraw-Hill‚ 2009). The focus on multiculturalism started in the 1960s as minority issues became more prevalent in society‚ especially in the Anglo dominated countries such as North America. Multicultural was primarily defined in association to race or ethnicity. The focus has broadened to include
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