Adverse Reactions to Diversity – Portfolio exercise #4

Course:      Cultural Diversity                                  Code:  LSS N2053

Name:  Nayef Awadh Saleh Alharthi                             ID#   H00269464      

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VeK759FF84s

With a partner, please answer the following. You may use internet resources to help you.

1.      Define:

a.       Stereotyping : is an extravagant belief  image or unclear fact about a person or group .

b.      Prejudice : its an think or opinion about some people or a person .

c.       Bias : is an opinion or attitude about a group or person .

d.      Discrimination : to divide a part from another part .

2.      Give an example of each.

Definition :	Example :
Stereotyping	Labeling , making assumptions .
Prejudice	He was prejudiced to give her the job solely on her looks .
Bias	I bias  on the bowling .
Discrimination	Divide blow eyes from the black eyes .

Watch  Class Divided

ü Understanding

With partners, answer the following:

1.      Where, when and with whom did this experiment take place?

                     In 1950, primary school in grade 3 classroom  

2.      Describe the experiment.

   Its was by different of the eye color and the teacher divide the student in two group  the firs one brown and the second is blue then she say you are smart than the other group and vice. 

3.      What were the results?

Each of them don’t like each other and they don’t cooperate together .

4.      How successful do you believe it was?

They  will not divide something's  in them life's and they will not forget the idea .

Going Deeper

In groups of four, discuss the following:

  a time she or he experienced prejudice or discrimination

my friend and I went to china  and one old man saw us and he say you are from UAE we say yes because  the idea ( KANDORA) he take from us .

  a time she or he discriminated against somebody else

some local in UAE don’t like the Indian people  and we saw in our community a lot of discriminated type in the daily life .

a time she or he witnessed discrimination and did nothing about it

when some manager in the company caked one of the staff because he don’t work will and if you talk with him he told you its not you responsibility .  

  a time she or he witnessed discrimination and did something about it

one day I was in abu dhabi and I saw I teacher separate the student by the emirate student from the other nationalities and I call the teacher and I advise the teacher then he make them together .  

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reflection # 1 - emirate film

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-m4MxcuNWfQ


In this paragraph i will talk about my experience and some of the problems that i had during doing the project , first of all i'm going to talk about experience and the benefit that i had during the team work , first i learned to work with other in one team and help each other so , we can finish and complete the project in the right way , secondly , we learned more about our culture and how our grandfathers safe it to the new generation and how the uae culture is important for us , and finally we realised
that our culture is great culture and knows around the world .
next , know i'm  going to talk the problem that we had , firstly , the main problem that we had is together our team to do project . the next problem is to chose the topic that we going to talk about .

Quiz 2 – What are Multiculturalism, Assimilation and Acculturation? Exercise#3

True or False? If FALSE, write the TRUE answer.

1.A Multicultural society can be described as a society with a single set of values.	F. A multicultural society is a society made up of many different cultures.
2.A “salad bowl” represents varied and separate cultures.	T
3.One aspect of Multiculturalism is respecting different cultures.	T
4.Cultural Diversity can be represented by a “melting pot”	F. Cultural diversity is best represented by the “salad bowl”.
5.Acculturation means learning the culture of your birth country.	F. Acculturation means to learn about the culture of your adopted country

Define in your own words:

1.       “Melting Pot”: the mixture of many different cutlers in one place. 

2.       “Salad Bowl”: the idea of living together but stay separate and unique in there own way.

3.       “Assimilation”: to become a part of body

4.       “Acculturation”: the acceptation and learning about new cultures.

5.       “Enculturation”: to learn about the birth countries culture .

Complete the sentence with words from the text:

Acculturation often results in changes to  culture, customs,   and _social institutions, as well as changes in food, clothing and  language.

Give a synonym:

varied	assorted	respect	honor	dominate	command
multiple	varied	central	main	interacting	communicating
specific	certain	represents	display	adopt	accept

Give the opposite:

varied	single	respect	disrespect	gradually	immediately
multiple	singular	common	unique	dominant group	minority
specific	general	contrasted with	blended	adopt	igonre

Culture and Personality in Anthropology

Read the section about Culture and Personality in Anthropology. Answer these questions about that section:-

1.       Define “Anthropology” in your own words. 

 -the study of human culture and history. 

2.       What do you understand by “socialization of children” Give an example .

the way that the next generation will be raised depends on the country culture. 

3.       Read this sentence again and give examples of childrearing in different societies and cultures: “socialization creates personality patterns. It helps shape people’s emotions, thoughts, behaviors, cultural values and norms to fit into and function as productive members in the surrounding human society. The study of culture and personality demonstrates that different socialization practices such as childrearing in different societies (cultures) result in different personality types.” 

- in the emirate society the family raise there children and uses some methods such as using violent in some ways, in the western society they might use grounding as a method. 

4.       Read this sentence again and say to what extent you agree: “all humans are the same when born, but childrearing in different societies causes deviations in behavior and personalities from each other.”

 - i agree 

5.       Reflect on the reading above. Can you see a link between your culture and your personality? Think about that in relation to your own culture first, and then think about personality and culture in a different society. Reflect. Give examples. 

- i see that my culture affected me in a way that made me care about other people needs no matter what was the age or race or colour , in the end we are all human. 

Quiz 1 - What is Cultural Diversity / Exercise#2

Portfolio Exercise #2

Read the UNESCO report. True or False? If FALSE, write the TRUE answer.

1. At least 6000 different languages exist in the world.	T
2. Over 200 million people live outside the country where they were born.	F / 175 million people
3. One aspect of Human Rights is respecting different cultures.	T
4. Cultural Diversity means a lack of respect for freedom of thought.	F / to respect other culture
5. Cultural Diversity can make a society stronger.	T

Vocabulary practice. Define in your own words:

1. Heterogeneous : different between something 

2. Plurality ; majority or very much

3. Migration ; a family who go from  his own country to another country

4. Fundamental ; primary or essential 

5. Collective strength ; the power or strength of a team in terms of goals or ideas 

Now read the rest of the article, and answer these questions by researching on the internet.

1. The article mentions food as an example of Cultural Diversity. Can you think of something else which could add interest and richness in a culturally diverse country?

the clothes and tradition and living ways 

2. Name three ways in which people of different cultures can help a country to function in the new global economy.

1 ; language skill

2 ; new ways of thinking 

3: creative solutions

3. From the internet, in relation to Cultural Diversity, find a picture and a definition of “Melting pot” and “Garden salad”.

melting pot: this definition refers to a one society that has different cultures live and mix together 

garden salad: a one society that is mixed by different cultures 

4. Britain today is one of the most culturally diverse countries in the world. Look on the internet and find out which nationalities make up the “ethnic minority population of over 4 million”.

indian- pakistan - bangladish - dark africans 

5. Australia is another of the most culturally diverse countries in the world. The University of Melbourne has a policy on Cultural Diversity. Read the two paragraphs and summarize them in your own words. 

university of melbourne supports cultural mix and the interactions of different cutlers and races together for the cultural diversity policy, they want to actively seek to learn for another cultures, the university strives to create an environment where staff and students promote culturally inclusive behaviour and activities. 

Vocabulary practice. Give the opposite:

Varied	Singular	Increasingly	Decreasigly	Respecting	Diserspecting
Strength	Weaknes	Improving	Declining	Inclusive	Exclusive
Majority	Minorty	Tolerance	Intolerance	Equality	Inequality

Vocabulary practice. Give a synonym:

Diverse	Varied	Creative	Innovative	Uniqueness	Independence
Dignity	Nobility	Integrated	United	Asset	property
Global	Universal	Benefit	Advantage