collective achievement. 2. What is ethnocentrism? In what ways can ethnocentrism be detrimental to a society? Ethnocentrism is the preferencing of an individual’s culture over the cultures of any other group. Or tendency to believe that one’s ethnic or cultural group is centrally important‚ and that all other groups are measured in relation to one’s own. It can be good for the individual country because it helps society stick together as a whole‚ but it often is a bad thing for the world as a
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Identity‚ Teaching‚ and Learning 1 Our self-identity has a lot to do with how we are perceived and treated by both significant and nonsignificant others. O ur identity is the very core of who we are as human beings. From birth‚ we are subject to how we are thought about‚ treated‚ and cared for by the significant persons in our lives as well as by others in multiple environments. Our ideas about self are largely a reflection of others’ ideas about us‚ good and bad or in between.
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constant berating of excuses. In Mai-Anh’s explanation she nonchalantly tells her mother that she wants to start her business in LA‚ then which she conveys tones that she never wants to go back‚ further abandoning her ethnic roots. This displays that Mai-Anh does not care much about her ethnic identity‚ which makes it easier for her to go along with the altercation surgeries. Mai-Anh does describe herself of being part of both Asian and American cultures. However‚ she will never deny that she is originally
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communities. Conversely‚ to buy into this strategy could only mean to be at odds with “multiculturalism” since “integration” is the root claim in inclusiveness. Chua (2015) penned that in a country like Singapore‚ integration with other different ethnic communities “is not only about fitting in” (Chua‚ 2015) but also to let the host be changed a little by the presence of new members of community. To assimilate cultural differences and to place communal peace in order‚ Singapore relies on its Sedition
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Introduction National identity is a debatable issue in most modern countries since there is no single ethnic country but more than four fifth countries all over the world consist of multi-ethnic groups‚ as Jiang (1997) argued. Therefore it is rather difficult to define a common point of a modern country. The multi-ethnic communities also cause conflicts within a society. However sports events often provide a channel to solidify citizens in a country‚ like the World Cup fever. At times sports affiliation
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population in the national parks of England and Wales? The table provided shows the results of the 2011 Census and the distribution of multiple ethnic groups around the national parks of England and Wales. The table gives the populations of 13 National Parks. Three of the national parks are found in Wales and ten are in England. There are 5 ethnic categories; white‚ mixed‚ Asian‚ black and other. These are divided into 18 sub-categories. The first column shows the total number of people usually
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2012 Identified Group To choose an ethnic or racial group which I belong to can be easy for those who see my physical appearance but it can be difficult for me to decide. The racial group I have always claimed and identified with is White non-Hispanic or Caucasian. To determine my particular ethnic group is unclear because I was adopted; however‚ I was raised by a German mother and Caucasian father‚ so I can categorize myself in with German-American ethnic group. As I take look at the choices
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adorned Bay Street and the profound Nassau Art Gallery (NAG) since the later part of 2012. An attractive cadre of portraits‚ arts and craft has captured various dimensions of the Bahamian life in efforts to increase national awareness of Bahamian ethnic identity‚ history‚ and culture and to attempt answering the “loaded…” question of “who is a Bahamian?”(Wells1). Arguably‚ nationalism in the Bahamas has been poorly understood as evidenced by researched articles published by Sabrina Lightbourn‚ Patricia
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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 the range of different things‚ it includes important and interrelated dimensions of human identity such as race‚ ethnicity‚ gender‚ gender identity and expression‚ socio-economic status‚ nationality‚ citizenship‚ religion‚ sexual orientation‚ ability and age. Diversity is valued because‚ it is associated
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Culture and Language The power of language to reflect culture and influence thinking was first proposed by an American linguist and anthropologist‚ Edward Sapir (1884–1939)‚ and his student‚ Benjamin Whorf (1897–1941). The Sapir–Whorf hypothesis stated that the way we think and view the world is determined by our language (Anderson & Lightfoot‚ 2002; Crystal‚ 1987; Hayes‚ Ornstein‚ & Gage‚ 1987). Instances of cultural language differences are evidenced in that some languages have specific
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