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    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 group is all that matters. This can be detrimental to society because if only think that what we say or believe is all that’s out there than eventually one

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    After the second world war‚ many of Europe was completely devastated from all the warfare that had taken place since the beginning of the first world war. Two straight generations participated in a war that killed tens of millions combined‚ while destroying infrastructure all over the world. By the end of the second war‚ many were just focused on finally being with their families and recovering what little they had left. So the idea of “change” was most likely coming second to a lot of people. Many

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    anticipate the influences of the foreign and domestic uncontrollable factors and to adjust accordingly. Management relied on their own cultural values‚ experiences and past successes‚ and knowledge (Self-Reference Criterion)‚ which accompanied by ethnocentrism‚ caused several kinds of losses. Analysis Where did Disney’s management fail? Disney failed by ignoring the climate given the parks geography‚ the culture‚ the competition‚ and the economic climate. By making erroneous assumptions regarding

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    with different cultural backgrounds attending school or working. I think diversity is valued because it helps people come together no matter what a persons culture‚ race‚ religion or gender is. 2. What is ethnocentrism? In what ways can ethnocentrism be detrimental to a society? Ethnocentrism is when people judge or assume other’s culture‚ religion or other area’s of another person’s background and compare it to their own ways. This could be harmful because making assumptions can be false and

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    sprinters are not as good a small ones. (Usain Bolt Jamaican athlete) “By winning three gold medals at the 2015 world Championships Bolt became the first athlete in the 32 year old history of the IAAF athletics championships to complete a triple triple making him the most successful athlete at the IAAF.” (Usain Bolt Jamaican Athlete) “He was the 1st man since American Carl Lewis in 1884 to win the 100 meter‚ 200 meter and the 4x100 rely.” (Usain Bolt Jamaican Athlete) He was also the 1st man ever to set

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    It is our human nature to judge others based on our values and beliefs. Is it a bad thing? Not always‚ it’s okay to judge others to an extent‚ if people start to believe that they are superior to another person‚ then that is taking it to far. Ethnocentrism‚ racism‚ and being a cultural relativist are all key components to a culture‚ and these three concepts allow a set of lens to be put on‚ that let people see a whole new perspective of culture. In light

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    and began writing poetry at the age of 10. Claude Mckay‚ was a Jamaican poet during the Harlem Renaissance and was able to express his feelings through his writing. His poems celebrated Jamaican culture while challenging white authority. He wrote about his life as a black man in both Jamaica and America. McKay published his first books of verse‚” Songs of Jamaica and Constab Ballads in 1912 and used the reward money from the Jamaican Institute of Arts and Sciences to move to the United States. Claude

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    Children are our future and they indeed live what they learn. Therefore if deteriorating family‚ poverty‚ abuse and neglect is present in Jamaican homes‚ then certainly children will react negatively to this way of life. Also children are explorers and they always want to go on adventures asking questions to find out new things. Hence the issue of missing children will remain with us for a long time to come. The wellbeing and welfare of our children are for us as adult to ensure‚ but we take our

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    25 years after his death (African Service News). His music and lyrics worked as the rhetoric of the Rastafarian movement against oppression‚ exploitation and racism in Jamaica. Using metaphors to describe the hardships of the political fights of Jamaicans and Africans Marley established himself as the spokesman of a race and culture. The Rastafari religion‚ the heart of Bob ’s music‚ based itself in belief of ‘Jah‚ ’ which was a metaphor for a god of goodness and love. Jah was the force fighting

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    content: • Introduction • Economic definition of globalization. • What is happening instead of what should have happened? • Positive effects of globalization with example of China. • Negative effects of globalization using Jamaican economy as an example. • Other effects of globalization prevalent everywhere such as poverty‚ unequal society‚ violence and environmental degradation. • Conclusion- so is globalization really good or bad for under developed countries?

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