LO1: Introduction to Diversity

LO1: Introduction to Diversity

Name: Sultan Sowaidy

ID# H00204017

SEC: CFD

v With a partner, research on the internet to find the following information include your sources.

UAE Demographics:

Ethnic Groups	Percentage	Year	Source
UAE	7.5 million	2010	Arabian business
Indian	36.46%	2008	Forum-alarms
Philippines	4.3%	2007	Wikipedia
Bangladesh	500,000	2011	U.S Department
European & African	500,000	2011	U.S Department

Religions	Percentage	Year	Source
Christian	15%	2003	Wikipedia
Hindu- Buddhist)	9%	2003	Wikipedia
Muslim	76%	2003	Wikipedia

1.              Write a definition of cultural diversity in your own words.

·       The way how people live and how can sharing ideas in other way

2.      Give examples of cultural diversity in Abu Dhabi (Places of worship, organizations, etc.)

        ·       The change of the level of class

        ·        More the one religion

LO1: Class Differences

LO1: Class Differences

LSS 3205                                                                         

v  In a small group use the internet to help you answer the questions, then discuss your answers with the class.

1.      Describe in your own words “the culture of affluence”, “the culture of poverty”.

- the culture of poverty is the deprivation of many thing such as food, education and decent life. While the “the culture of affluence” is the opposite .where the people have the decent life and some times more than they need.

2.      Define “social stratification”.

-The society  layers, or how the community divides its people depending on education ,incomes Etc.

3.      Describe India’s caste system as an example of social stratification.

-In India social stratification is leveled by a triangle on the top there is the (Academics) then (Warriors & Kings) after that (business community) and (untouchables) comes at the end where its mean most of its  people.

4.      Describe South Africa’s apartheid as an example of social stratification.

                Race = White, Black            

where is the vast majority for white people in everything.

5.      In your opinion, what classes of people exist in the Emirates?  How are they characterized?

1. Local people

2. Western people

3. Mostly the Asian people ..(taxi)

v This categorized depend on the Origin, Education money and the way of living

LSS 3205                                                                         

Culture of Poverty

With a partner, go to: http://www.3rdworldfarmer.com/ Play the game.

1.     What challenges did you face?

-         Trying  to save the family.

2.     What choices did you have?

-         Many choices of houses, animals, plants, agricultural tools, and other requirements.

3.     What temptations did you encounter?

-          Desire to increase the money some times without thinking of family’s members.

4.     If it were your real family instead of a computer game, would you have

chosen differently?

-         Of course, because it will be a real spirits.

5.     What did you learn about third world life?

-         A learn how their life is difficult and we should thank god every days.

LO1: Multiculturalism Blindsight

LO1: Multiculturalism Blindsight

                      

LSS 3205                          Multiculturalism                      “Blindsight”

Watch the video and answer the following:

1.     What types of cultural diversity are present in the movie?

-         Ethnicities, races, Ability, nationality

2.     What are some of the challenges people in the movie encounter?

-         Bland, experience, pressure/oxygen, delays.

 

3.     What are some examples of stereotyping , prejudice, bias and/or discrimination in the video?

-         Stereotyping: Most of people think they are strange people and unable to do anything.

-         prejudice : Some people think blind children were not able to climb the mountains because the cant see.

-         discrimination :They were sitting most the time to gather away of able people.

4.     What challenges do people face as a result of personality rather than culture?

-         Introversion and fear at the beginning of the film and then turned to the discovery of the ability and increased confidence and evidence of this girl get a scholarship after the end of the journey and achieve the goal

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5.     What benefits are there for the people in the movie as a result of their differing cultures?

-         Cooperation and synergy.

LO1: Future Center tour questions

LO1: Future Center tour questions

1-      It was my first trip for that place, I really enjoyed , learned and saw many things I wasn’t know about it like the facility that they have, like the class with it all equipment fitted and the sports hall. In fact, I didn’t know that they are active and able to interact with strange people.

                

2-      What I get is to not be afraid of them and to not look at them as unable and strange people on our community because, sometimes they can do something lots of healthy people can’t do.

3-      I think it is important to visit, learn and interact with these place because we are facing an improved future, so we have to know how to interact with them and how to serve them on our community after we change the way that people look at them.

4-      First of all ,I learned what is that sentence means, and the varieties of meaning it has. also a learned what is the cultural diversity in UAE and over the world. I learned how some  communities categorize   its people on many layout independent to their money and authorities, while some of them put the education on the top.  

5-      Who knows the really mean of diversity will be a different person, because he will has the knowledge of the ways that he acts with different segments of the different nationalities in his community.

6-      As I saw there was a lot of nationalities with different ages but, they were working, learning and playing to gather as a family. The  treatment between the teachers and there students is very strong, For example ; the woman that she was showing us the please, while she was explaining to us she didn’t say the student we have , she said our children and this is a big evidence of what I am explaining.

LO2: Adverse Reactions to Diversity

Goal 2 Adverse Reactions to Diversity – 2010 - Semester 2

Course:              Cultural Diversity                                                           Code:  LSSS N205

Name: Sultan Alsowaidy         ID# H00204017                                 

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

v  Define:

a.       Stereotyping:
group of people judgment each other . 

b.      Prejudice:
That keep Handle the pressure of other and tray to fixed , Judgment something before now it

c.       Bias:
Is person have something and don’t shows others what he like to not make problem .

d.       Discrimination:
Tow of different groups and they are Separations between the two groups and distinguish between them. , 

2.       Give an example of each.

Stereotyping:
Emirates are lazy in work

Prejudice:
 One's prejudices reveals a great deal about a person

Bias: Each team member must be willing to look at a situation objectively andlet go of resentment and bias.
Discrimination: In US before they are have discrimination between white and black people .

Watch Class Divided

With partners, answer the following:

1.      Where, when and with whom did this experiment take place?
 In third school in US, with student and teacher 

2.      Describe the experiment.
“Before the experiment the teacher star ask student about black people and the Indian and they answer they must but them in prison  and must  judge them depend them by skin color. After that the teacher separate by two groups ….

3.      What were the results?
 “The results were the dividing of the class into two groups, those who once called each other friends were now enemies just because the sole purpose of them having different eye color”

4.      How successful do you believe it was?
 “I believe it was very successful since it taught the class not to discriminate, and most importantly it showed them how it felt to be discriminated against.”

Going Deeper

In groups of four, discuss the following:

Ø  a time she or he experienced prejudice or discrimination

Ø  a time she or he discriminated against somebody else

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

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