Final Project – Cultural Diversity William Boykins Ethics/125 September 29‚ 2012 Danielle Simpson Final Project – Cultural Diversity Developing an understanding about the diversity of the population in the United States of America is paramount when interacting with demographics different from my own. I fell that the information that I received about others during the Cultural Diversity course has assisted in understanding and relations between those I interact with on a daily basis. One
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University of Phoenix Material Appendix E Part I Define the following terms: Term Definition Racial formation A sociohistorical process by which racial categories are created‚ inhibited‚ transformed‚ and destroyed. Segregation The physical separation of two groups‚ often imposed on a subordinate group by the dominant group. De jure segregation Children assigned to schools specifically to maintain racially separated schools. Pluralism Mutual respect for one another’s culture
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Final Project What has helped me better understand or relate to others in ways that I may have not in the past was probably during a crucial time in America‚ and that was 9/11. Many people had a hard time liking Muslims and I didn’t quite understand. I gradually figured out that because some Muslims are bad doesn’t mean that all Muslims are bad. I have grown a respect for Muslims and for other races. As an African American‚ I have not learned anything new about my family or our culture. What I
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Final Project Nancy Bowling Lana/Eth125 The diversity in the United States has helped me to better understand and relate to others in ways that I may not have in the past. I have learned much from this class and about myself that there is still discrimination and prejudice in the United States. I have learned that I need to take the time and to get to know a person before I make any judgments against them. There are so many different kinds of people in the United States with the different backgrounds
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Religious and Ethnic Discrimination Religious Group: Buddhism Buddhists are different from most other religions and many ways‚ but one difference stands out above the others. Buddhism does not worship a specific god. Many people argue that Buddhism is more a philosophy than a religion. The main objective of Buddhist followers is enlightenment and/or liberation from Samsara (the wheel of life) instead of going to a heaven (Eng‚ 2013). The Dalai Lama‚ the leader of the Buddhist religion
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University of Phoenix Material Appendix H Search the Internet for information related to the following: • Women’s rights organizations • Equality organizations • Gay‚ lesbian‚ bisexual‚ and transgender (GLBT) rights organizations Note. You may also refer to the Internet Resource Directory of Racial and Ethnic Groups. Complete the following table related to your search: |Site |Image |Thoughts
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Associate Program Material Diversity Worksheet Answer each question in 50 to 150 words. Provide citations for all the sources you use. 1. What is diversity? Why is diversity valued? Diversity is being of a different race or culture. I believe it is valued because we all want to be different. We can learn so much from someone else. 2. What is ethnocentrism? In what ways can ethnocentrism be detrimental to a society? Ethnocentrism is when we believe that your own ethnic or cultural
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interest in their ethnicity. b. the grandchildren of the original immigrants would have a decreased interest in their ethnicity. c. the children of immigrants would have more of an interest in their ethnicity than their children. d. none of these 4. The emphasis on ethnic foods and ethnically associated political issues was called __________ by Herbert Gans. a. symbolic ethnicity. b. ethnic paradox. c. ethnic identity. d. ethnic practices. 5. The maintenance of one’s ethnic ties in
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Please pick 3 of the provided topics‚ your choice‚ and define AND provide a solid real-life example for each topic. Each question is worth (1) point total. It will be scored ½ point for your definition and ½ point for your example. Please post all completed quizzes to your Individual newsgroup. DUE THURSDAY!!! 1. Neutrality: State of being neutral‚ being unengaged between others‚ and taking no part in sides. Example‚ the mother of Tiffany had to remain neutral when deciding upon allowing her to
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This document of ETH 125 Week 3 Discussion Question 3 contains: Discrimination against a racial or ethnic group becomes a larger problem when practiced by an institution General Questions - General Academic Questions What is your personal assessment of 10 of the top 100 terrorist targets in the United States? Which do you believe will be hit first? Why? Don’t you want to be fully prepared when entering college? Where are you going to go? What is going to be your major? Do
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