Task 1.2 1- Reflect on my own perspectives: a- My social and cultural perspectives and biases are respecting people that are not like me‚ because everybody is unique and special in this world. Everyone has his/her own idea and point of view in this life. b- Living in different culture is a big challenge‚ I identified a shock when I first came to Australia as a migrant because of the different society and different culture. c- My plan to improve my own self and social awareness is to have more information
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In our society that we live in today‚ multiculturalism has become a large topic that most people do not understand the importance of having it. Many individuals within the United States do not even know a clear definition of the word “multiculturalism‚” and this has become a great issue throughout our world. Having multiculturalism within our world comes packaged with many pros and cons to our society‚ but it has become important behind the topics of race and ethnic relations‚ social class‚ and also
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Asian Immigrant Families in America The United States of America is a country founded and built by immigrants. Many people from all over the world has migrated to this country in hopes of building a brighter future for themselves and their children. America has always been viewed as the land of opportunity‚ and this is the reason why so many people have moved to this country. While all immigrants are faced with similar problems‚ some immigrant groups are faced with more difficult problems than
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Stephen Gill ’s Immigrant : A Study In Diasporic Consciousness Nilofar Akhtar The phenomena of Diaspora and expatriation are by all means an old one. However‚ its impact in the present times is larger and deeper. It has become a contemporary social trait and also‚ a literary genre. The growing incidence of the Diaspora has given place to dislocation‚ disintegration‚ dispossession and disbelongingness. The experience of expatriation not only gradually disconnects the individual from his
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The Effects of Cultural Assimilation: Conformity vs. Unorthodoxdy “Cultural assimilation is a complex and multifaceted process that first involves immigrants learning the language‚ cultural norms‚ and role expectations of the absorbing society‚ and further changes in attitudes”‚ or so it is explained by Dejun Su‚ Chad Richardson‚ and Guang-zhen Wang‚ in their article‚ “Assessing Cultural Assimilation of Mexican Americans: How Rapidly Do Their Gender-Role Attitudes Converge to the U.S. Mainstream
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CAUSES AND EFFECTS OF CULTURAL SHOCK Kasie Sepeda Professor Scherf 11/19/2012 Outline I. What is Cultural Shock a. serious phenomenon and a long-winded process b. Real culture shock can happen in places you expect to be similar II. Effects of cultural shock a. Happen when you take a culture for granted. b. Can affect your job‚ family‚ etc. III. Causes of cultural shock a. Can cause mild uneasiness or temporary homesickness to acute unhappiness or even‚ in extreme
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Strategic plans are critical but once established‚ how does one establish integrated processes and functions across a multicultural organization? Provide at least one example in your initial response: An organization’s survival in a competitive business world depends on its strategic plans and how those plans relate to the business world. Having a good strategic plan is good but it’s not enough to stir an organization to success and thus profitability. The implementation of such plans is not without
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How Does Diversity Affects our Corporate Culture (A Report for Worldwide Telecommunications‚ Inc.) COMM/215 June 25‚ 2012 Worldwide Telecommunications‚ Inc. can expect to see a continued increase in workplace diversity over the next few years‚ and should be prepared and equipped for what that means for the company. By workplace diversity we are referring to our organization’s culture‚ how it looks and how it works. What is culture? According to the
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Globalization makes the world homogeneous Introduction * “Globalization is a process in which worldwide economic‚ political‚ cultural‚ and social relations have become increasingly mediate across time and space” (Rantanen‚ 2005:3). Globalization is the process that keep on going and there would be no exactly time when it started. Even globalization has already started along time ago when people did migration to all over the world. However Globalization in the context of media‚ there are only
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The effects of British universities are becoming more multicultural. Currently‚ the proportion of international students in British universities are increasing significantly. As a result‚ this has raised questions about what possible effects of this change on international students themselves in the new academic environment——from UK culture to cultural diversity in higher education. This discussion will attempt to provide an overview of the often positive and sometimes negative effects of multiculturalism
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