Assignment By: Annell Delara September 12‚ 2013 ETH/125 Cultural Diversity Instructor: Keith Makedonsky The information that I have learned about diversity in the United States has helped me better understand our society and relate to different people. I think that diversity is a beautiful thing that we should embrace instead of looking at negatively. The United States has come a long way in terms of discrimination and prejudice against different people from different cultures‚ backgrounds and
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Surface-level diversity is perceived as the difference in demographic characteristic such as race gender‚ age and ethnicity. Deep-level diversity is understood as the difference in personality‚ the way of working‚ individual values and level of commitment. Surface level diversity triggers stereotypes‚ but deep level diversity affects the way people work communicates and behave at work. Major trends in the changing populations of the United States are: It is expected tat by 2050 nearly one in every
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There is much about diversity in the United States that I have learned about but there is much that I have yet to encounter. There are many things that have also been brought to my attention or have been more so recognized in my eyes. We all have an understanding of what goes on or what is involved in our country but we rarely are aware of all the details of what goes on with each group. The complexity of each group has its own unique characteristics that have impelled me to understand and to better
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issues that come from prejudice and discrimination in society. From stereotyping in the media‚ institutional discrimination‚ and policy reform when it comes to immigration. All of which have a negative impact on society and how we function as a whole. What information about diversity in the United States has helped you better understand or relate to others in ways that you may not have in the past? Information about diversity in the United States has helped me better
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The Pros and Cons of Diversity in the United States Diversity throughout the United States has had considerably divergent pros and cons‚ especially when the process of diversifying is done naturally‚ or by force. There is much interest in diversification because it has important consequences‚ including how an individual may feel about themselves and or other members of an organization‚ communication patterns‚ work and academic performance‚ the distribution of resources‚ and so on. The implications
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The United States: A Work In Progress On November 5‚ 1768‚ George Washington sent a letter to James Madison‚ which addresses the need for a stronger government. In that period of time‚ citizens of the United States felt a sense of insecurity about what their country was turning into. As Washington says in his letter‚ “We are fast verging to anarchy and confusion... ‘Leave them to themselves‚ and their government will soon dissolve’‚ Will not the wise and good strive to avert this problem?” George
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dominant power structure in the United States. The first big idea about racism that I thought was powerful was when the first European settlers came to what is now American and used race to dominate and enslave the Native Americans. As Carmelita (Rosie) Castaneda and Ximena Zuniga state in their writings on Racism on page 58 of our textbooks‚ “Like other constructed social identities addressed throughout this book‚ race emerged historically in the United States to justify the dominance of peoples
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My appreciation for local doctors grew immensely when my dad had an atrocious fall and broke his back. We were very fortunate to have experienced doctors less than forty miles away. When I saw how incredibly caring and genuine the doctors were with both my dad‚ my family‚ and I‚ I realized that I wanted to serve the people in New Mexico with the same care that we received in our stressful situation. When an unexpected injury occurs‚ people rely on the comfort of knowing that the help of doctors is
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Cultural Diversity SOC. 315 Cultural Diversity History of American is the way it is because of the contribution of the multicultural society of the different ethnic groups. The immigration of the ethnic groups brought different cultures to the land of American and bringing the difficulties of stereotyping and discrimination. Each group ’s culture had constructed an identity based on their abilities which created the U.S. society of today. Every
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Looking at me you might wonder what I could possibly understand about diversity – middle class white male‚ college educated‚ married with two children‚ a boy and a girl. These broad generalizations describe me‚ but they do not define me; just as similar ones about others are equally uninformative. They note apparent features while failing to capture inherent uniqueness. To me‚ diversity encompasses respect and acceptance‚ concepts defined by actions taken to recognize and understand individuality
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