Derald Wing Sue Describes five multicultural themes: 1) Cultural Universality Versus Cultural Relativism 2) The Emotional Consequences of "Race and/or Differences" 3) The Inclusive or Exclusive Nature of Multiculturalism 4) The Sociopolitical Nature if Social Work Practice 5) The Nature of Culturally Competent Social Work Practice. Theme One: Cultural Universality Versus Cultural Relativism An "EMIC" Cultural relativism is the view that all beliefs‚ customs‚ and ethics are relative to the individual
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As a result of the increasing cultural contact a number of traditional practices‚ whole ways of life and worldviews disappear. Special fishing techniques of the Inuit are forgotten and it is estimated that just 10% of over 6.500 languages spoken today will survive. At the same time globality leads to the emergence of new cultural forms - a process that was coined by writers as "the periphery talks back" and points out that everywhere cultural traditions mix and create new practices and worldviews
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Swedish-American Cultural diversity is what defines humanity. This diversity is directly correlated to the geographic site of the civilization: for example‚ Sweden. The Swedish are located in the upper latitudes of the northern hemisphere‚ a climate zone known for its harsh winters‚ short growing seasons and the Viking heritage. Due to this geography‚ the people of Sweden‚ who originated from nomadic tribes migrating from Germany‚ developed in a similar manner to the other civilizations of Europe
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Renee Harden EDU-230- Cultural Diversity in the Classroom July 28‚ 2013 Brian Clark‚ Instructor Week Five Journal Multicultural education is a plan or an approach‚ a scholastic improvement program‚ and a course of action. It integrates the conception that all scholars‚ despite of their race‚ ethnicity‚ and their cultural background‚ shall be allowed the same chance to learn in school. It is a transformation change to bring about a number of important differences in schools‚ and additional
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Personal Experience Speech General Purpose: To inform Specific Purpose: To let the audience know how I dealt with losing my mother to drugs. Central Idea: My mother was raised by drug addict and alcoholic‚ left Israel for better life and still followed down the wrong path. INTRODUCTION I. Attention Material A. Do you know anyone who has lost their loved ones to drugs? B. Eight years ago
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My most important experience sought me out. It happened to me; I didn’t cause it. I call it serendipity‚ and he maintains that it was fate. Carolina and I had collected enough signatures to return to our group. She glanced around‚ and without notice walked to a stranger. “Sir‚ do you have a moment? We’re conducting a survey” she asked. He gave the question some thought before agreeing‚ but on condition that we followed him to his workplace. In making answer to this proposition‚ Carolina did not
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Brief It is a real experience that I had in my father’s company. This spring‚ our company planned to add one floor on the top-storey of their 3-floor office building. Before construction‚ our Company needed to obtain an inn owner’s permission‚ as the addition floor will block light shining into some rooms of his inn-- AB Inn‚ which locates in the other building next to our office building. Therefore‚ our company had to negotiate with AB Inn regarding the permission and compensation issue. I was
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The impact of cultural diversity on Law Enforcement has challenges in recruitment‚ retention‚ and promotion of police personnel from various racial‚ ethical and cultural backgrounds. This also makes it hard for police officers to provide protection to the community because some become biased to particular races‚ age and ethnicities. For example‚ a police officer that was brought up in a household of KKK members and see a young African American male running down the street immediately he begins to
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I ride on the deserted one a.m. highways. The streetlights zoom past me one-by-one as I enter hyper speed into the road’s abyss. I ride to Sunway‚ second home to me and Ben‚ my closest friend. I forgot to print out the tickets for the Laneway Music Festival in Singapore I’m attending the day after so I pull out the “bro card” on Ben. We plan to meet at Bidara‚ the go-to restaurant for when we feel rebellious and sneak out of our homes‚ unbeknownst to our parents‚ late at night. I ride out early to
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My personal experience that motivated me to choose social work ad a profession was the competence and quality of services provided for me by social work in the hospital when I visited during the time I was hospitalized after being physically‚ verbally and mentally bused by my ex-husband. The social worker demonstrated a personal demeanor in providing services needed. The social worker was competent and has a respect of my race. She noticed that I just came to the United States of America. She didn’t
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