Assimilation is widely used in everywhere and assimilation is not cooperation between cultures but it is the dominance of one culture over another. Why is that you ask me? In the play raisin in the sun‚ you can see that Walter is too assimilate to the American culture and took on the American Dream and forgot his own culture. But can assimilation create harmony or discord in a family? If you ask me‚ I would say that assimilation can create discord within a family in our global and multicultural world
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Ruth Villagra The Cultural Differences Argument for Moral Relativism. Moral Relativism is generally used to describe the differences among various cultures that influence their morality and ethics. According to James Rachels‚ because of moral relativism there typically is no right and wrong and briefly states : “Different cultures have different moral codes.” (Rachels‚ 18) Various cultures perceive right and wrong differently. What is considered right in one society could be considered wrong
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is what defines what an effective leader is. Deng Xiaoping became a Chinese communist leader who ruled China from the late 1970’s until 1997. Deng Xiaoping needed to go through obstacles in order to finally become a leader. Firstly‚ during the Cultural Revolution (date) he lost all his power and was sent to Xianjing for three years to do manual labor‚ he was also branded as the ‘number two capitalist roader’ Mao did this to Deng Xiaoping because he saw Deng Xiaoping as a threat to his reform. On
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For Rachels and Rachels‚ "The Challenge of Cultural Relativism‚" in Abel pp. 397-409. All of your responses should be written in complete sentences. What is the “Cultural Differences” argument? Different cultures have different moral codes. Therefore‚ there is no objective "truth" in morality. Right and wrong are only matters of opinion and opinions vary from culture to culture. Why do Rachels and Rachels think it is a bad argument? The conclusion does not follow from the premise that is‚ even if
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During the cultural revolution of the 1960s and 70s‚ china underwent many drastic changes. The leader of the chinese communist party was Mao Zedong‚ a powerful man who believed that the peasant class represented the best of chinese society. The text “china’s cultural revolution is better.” This is about how people in the cultural revolution treated theirself. Centuries of resentment often led to violence‚ and peasants sometimes attacked people from higher classes. I chose this reason because it
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Cultural diversity is people of varying origins and ways of life living or working alongside in a specific area or organization. Cultural diversity is important to all organizations for many reasons. By having a strong‚ diverse workforce‚ barriers to productivity and innovation can be broken. A cultural diverse workforce can let everyone enjoy the opportunity of being a part of creating business value. Also‚ cultural diversity is important‚ because it can manage relationships so there is better satisfaction
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Cultural relativism is a process involving the examining and understanding of a culture‚ /different from your own‚ without discrediting their beliefs. Understanding differing cultural beliefs can be acquired by considering functions of practices‚ behaviors‚ symbols‚ traditions‚ and morals within a society. The initial concept of cultural relativism was created to turn people away from ethnocentrism‚ which is the belief that your cultures beliefs are authentic and all other cultures beliefs are
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education is Italian born Dr. Maria Montessori. Her innovative classroom conception and specialized‚ natural flowing educational design were unique for her time period. Maria Montessori’s background assisted in shaping her personal philosophy of education‚ which is still widely applicable in schools today. Maria Montessori was born in the town of Chiaravalle‚ Italy on August 31‚ 1870 (“A Biography of Dr. Maria Montessori”). Her father was Alessandro Montessori‚ an accountant; her mother Renilde
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between Ethnocentrism and Cultural Relativism The world today consists of an incalculable number of societies. Each society varies significantly in the different elements of culture. Culture is one’s designed way of living based on erudite customs‚ knowledge‚ material items‚ and behavior. Within every society today lives an ethnocentric attitude. The belief that ones own culture is superior to that of another’s. However‚ it is important to develop a sense of cultural relativism in today’s society
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CULTURAL COMPETENCY Cultural competency is communicating and accepting everyone with no cultural barriers • Ensuring that the everyone the setting are aware of their own culture and have a clear view about other cultures • Ensuring that everyone has a positive attitude towards other cultures and belief. • Ensuring that everyone in the settings has a good knowledge about the different cultural practices across the world. • Ensuring everyone are skilled in communicating and interacting with people
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