Blog Exercise #1 - Ten Aspects of Cultural Diversity
1. Look at these ten aspects which make up your cultural identity. Then, fill in the last two columns – one for somebody who works for your family and one for an expatriate friend. There are other aspects of cultural diversity but these are the main ones.
Aspect
|
‘ism’
|
Frankie
|
Mohamed
|
Your Family Employee
|
Your
Expatriate
Friend
|
Race/Ethnicity
|
Racism
(Racist)
|
White British
|
Emirati
|
indonsian
|
emirati
|
Language
|
English
|
Arabic
|
indonsian arabic
|
arabic
|
|
Religion
|
Religious bigotry
(a religious bigot)
|
Christian
(Protestant)
|
Muslim
(Sunni)
|
muslim
|
muslim
|
Values and beliefs
|
Socialist
|
Carnivore
|
socialist
|
carviore
|
|
Disability
|
Ableism
|
Able
|
Able
|
Able
|
Able
|
Class
|
Classism
|
Middle Class
|
High Class!
|
middle class
|
high class
|
Gender
|
Sexism
(Sexist)
|
Female
|
Male
|
female
|
male
|
Age
|
Ageism
(Ageist)
|
60
|
20
|
35
|
19
|
Educational Background
|
M.Ed.
|
Undergraduate
|
n/a
|
undergradute
|
|
Sexual Orientation
|
Hetrosexualist
(Homophobic)
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
2. How many countries are there in the world today? …196…..
3. How many ethnic groups are there in the world today? …4000+……………
Here is an incomplete list of ethnic groups. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_modern_ethnic_groups
4. How many ethnic groups are there living in the UAE? 4
5. What is wrong with this chart? the percentage of emirate is so small
6. What percentage of the UAE population is Emirati in 2014? …11.5%
http://gulfnews.com/news/gulf/uae/general/influx-of-foreigners-spikes-uae-population-to-8-3m-1.787518
7. Why is the percentage so small? ……there are many workers come to uae…….
8. The UAE's population strategy plans to make Emiratis the majority in the country or up to …40….. per cent, by …2020….., members of the Federal National Council (FNC) told Gulf News.
9. Do you think this will happen? …no , its impossible………
10. Why do you think this? use needs more workers for the new project
11. Do you have any different ethnic groups in your ancestry or your family today? .no
12. What are the benefits of having a mixed cultural heritage? having more idea and knowledge……………
