America: The Melting Pot The term the melting pot was coined in 1782 by J. Hector St. John de Crevecoeur. It was a term used to describe the new country and all of its new inhabitants. Where people from different countries and different races and ethnicities could come together to form a new race of people; the American. It encompassed taking the good‚ strong qualities from each culture and keeping them to form an overall new culture. “Across four centuries‚ the steady arrival of millions
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Assessment of an Organization Carolyn Osmanski Capella University Abstract This paper will review an organization and the diverse populations it serves‚ including the cost for services. Who is eligible for services‚ role in prevention‚ education on mental health‚ wellness‚ the diverse populations‚ intervention‚ consultation‚ advocacy‚ and the diverse populations it serves. This paper will identify and discuss a public policy‚ how well the organization manifests cultural competence and if this organization
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In his 2006 Australia Day speech‚ Prime Minister John Howard said‚ “all Australian’s have the right to express culture‚ beliefs and participate in National interests” 1. This essay raises the question about whether assimilation will create a tolerant Australia. Or is it a case of how long does a free society have to tolerate the intolerable? Assimilation by definition‚ is “the acceptance of a minority population into a majority population on the condition that the minority takes on the values
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Belonging When someone is said to be Canadian‚ it does not just mean being one who lives on this land‚ or has lived on this land long enough to obtain this citizenship‚ it means living the Canadian life‚ it means waking up in the morning wearing a ton of layers and going outside in the freezing cold to do whatever a person needs to do during the day‚ to be Canadian it also means to belong. Canada is known for the diversity of culture‚ religion‚ color‚ and beliefs‚ as well as our ability to
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Canada is a multicultural society that is known to be prideful of its diversity‚ safety‚ and characterized by inclusivity and fairness. Canada is portrayed to be a great place to live in because of various opportunities‚ benefits and presumed notion that it is free of racial oppression. While the idea of Canada sounds nice there are various issues such as racial discrimination as a result of racial profiling/policing that is enforced in marginalized communities. The stereotypes of racialized individuals
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When others think of diversity some think of individuals of different ethnicities. It is actually so much more than that. Being familiar with diversity and having multicultural competency is something that is needed in the helping profession. Learning about different cultures and different diverse groups increase chances of treatment of the client and interactions with the client as well. The American Counseling Association Codes of Ethics tells us a few things about diversity and multicultural
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Sarah Eckstrom Mr.Wood Pre AP World Lit‚Period 3 2 February‚ 2017 French Quebecois vs Canadians Within the world there are many countries‚ and among those countries there’s even more cultures. Although many cultures coexist in the same country not all of them do it willingly‚ but some thrive together working as a union. Cultures within a close vicinity of each other tend to occasionally share some similar beliefs and religions. Few cultures sharing a close proximity don’t prosper together nicely
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In “An Exposition and Defense of Jayanta Bhatta’s Inclusivism”‚ David Slakter introduces and defends the inclusivist approach to religious diversity of Jayanta Bhatta. Slakter also provides an argument that Jayanta’s form of inclusivism identifies many reasons as to why someone would consider pluralism all the while providing a way to remain within a living religious tradition. This essay will summarize and provide counter arguments to the ideas found in Jayanta Bhatta’s inclusivism as presented
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In the article of cultural diversity and how it impacts interaction process and performance of groups. Watson‚ who is the author of the writing‚ uses lots of rhetorical skills to support his arguments on how important it is to have culturally diverse group in tasks. He used mostly logical ways to appeals his idea throughout the paragraphs by stating some logical statement and also providing charts of research. First of all‚ Warren E. Watson is a man who study and research in University of North
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the role of their privilege in their perspective. During the gross amounts of time spend on social media‚ I find myself analyzing and rejecting information because it is purposely biased against a group of people. This change in my attention to multiculturalism around me is the biggest lesson I have learned in this class. Before this class‚ I aligned with a liberal multiculturalist viewpoint. I relished in the concept of natural equality and I just assumed that it existed; somewhere out there. Now
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