ethnic minority groups‚ this culture can become altered or suppressed when subjected to the influences of another overriding culture (Kirmayer‚ 2012). For these reasons‚ the aim of the paper is to facilitate an understanding of the process to achieve culturally competent care. This paper begins with a description of an interaction between a student nurse who held a western set of values and a patient of African origin. The paper then discusses the cultural biasness against the minority group as well
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that entails mourning the loss of her country coupled with adapting to a new culture and being placed in a disadvantaged socioeconomic position. In addition‚ there was a shift in her social status from being in the racial majority in Guyana to a minority in the United States. Upon arriving in America she was without the support of her micro system to help her adjust to her new social environment. Consequently‚ she lived in an overwhelmingly poor area‚ worked off the books and earned less than minimum
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District 9 and Racism The aliens encountered in District 9 are treated with the same level of distain and indifference usually reserved for refugees and ethnic minorities. District 9 concerns itself with after the first encounter and the struggle of coexistence. The film is set in South-Africa and bears similarities to the apartheid system including those of the District 6 initiative. In District 9 black and white characters come together to hate on the “prawn‚” the aliens in this story‚ who then
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In spite of exceptional improvements in the oral health of the people in the United States‚ not everyone in the nation has benefitted equally. Grant funds provide opportunities and resources that can be used to support studies that provide a better understanding of health disparities‚ it can also be used to develop interventions targeted to underserved and explore approaches that can make a change in the existing oral health disparity. A successful grant application occurs in stages and involves
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action has been put in place so that the minorities that have been subjected to discrimination have an equal opportunity in American life. Likewise‚ reverse discrimination has been implemented for those who are in the majority and have been discriminated based on gender or race. (Greenawalt‚ 1979) Reverse discrimination would not have to have come into action if the steps to correct racial injustice had been focused only on assuring that members of the minority were‚ under the same qualifications as
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institutions to adopt the Affirmative Action‚ allowing minorities to have higher opportunities than the majority. Although no specific stand was approached‚ it clearly shows the growing interest of people on the act of Affirmative Action. I am pro Affirmative Action when dealing with public institutions. However‚ I believe a private institution should practice equality. Affirmative Action compensates for the past faults and biased treatments toward minorities‚ provides ample opportunities to unprivileged
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will not be surrendered in the name of convenience when information is published without giving enough adequate time for determining correctness and reliability of the account. I think in the past‚ the truth has been compromised when the major media groups in the United States reported on the results of the presidential elections. The television stations tried to outdo each other by announcing unconfirmed results which turned out to be a political soap opera rather than a reliable news reporting. I
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David Engle Professor Hsia-Ting Chang English 015.014 Due October 16‚ 2013 In my last paper I talked about why I am for affirmative action. Throughout history race and minority have played too large of a role in holding back minorities from greater oppurtunities. This is because racial tensions have sparked personal issues that haven’t been resolved for several years. For those of you that do not know the definition of affirmative action it is stated as follows‚ “A policy or a program that
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Extermination is the killing of members of a subordinate group. This may be done quickly through war or other forms of force or gradually though inadvertent actions. Introduction of new diseases to which the subordinate group has no immunity to or no resources to treat is one example of an inadvertent action that leads to extermination. Another is by bringing ways of life to an area that negatively affect the current way of life of the subordinate group. Extermination occurred in the United States when
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‘relative-deprivation’; this refers to how deprived someone feels in relation to others‚ or compared with their own expectations; this can lead to crime when people feel resentment that‚ unfairly‚ others are better off than them. Lea and Young state that ethnic minorities feel
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