Reflection #2

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exercise #7

1.    Read about Ethnocentrism

2.    List three examples of ethnocentrism from history

A-Nazi Germany by Adolf Hitler.

B-the "Mandate of Heaven" by the Chinese philosopher Confucias.

C-The Merchant of Venice by Shakespeare.

3.    What country is known for being ethnocentric today?

America

4.    What is the famous quote from Shylock which reminds all of us of our humanity?

"If you prick us, do we not bleed? If you tickle us, do we not laugh? If you poison us, do we not die? And if you wrong us, shall we not seek revenge?"

5.    Look at the two maps of ethnocentric Americans and Ethnocentric Indians.

Portfolio exercise #6

Adverse Reactions to Diversity –Portfolio exercise #6

Course:       Cultural Diversity                               Code:  LSSS N205

Name: Ahmed Abedraboh Abdullah                                             ID#: H00279947

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

1.      Define:

a.       Stereotyping : judging a group of people from the characteristics of some.

b.      Prejudice : judging a group of people from the attitude or characteristics of the individual.

c.       Bias : the same as Prejudice.

d.      Discrimination : Treated one group Differently from the other one based on their appearance

2.      Give an example of each.

1 – a lot of People thinks that the Arabs are terrorists.

2 – Emirates people prefer to work on government jobs

3–  In USA black people Were treated badly that they were not allowed to go to some places. 

Watch  Class Divided

ü Understanding

With partners, answer the following:

1.      Where, when and with whom did this experiment take place?In a School , USA , Tuesday, wednessday, 3rd grade class.

2.      Describe the experiment.Separate the students by the color of their eye, and treat them differently.

3.      What were the results?the students start to say bad words to each other, a fight happened between one blue eye and another brown eye.

4.      How successful do you believe it was?
they learn that they shouldn't  judge people from their appearance. It was a very good experiment that these children still remember how does it feel to be discriminated against.  

Going Deeper 

In groups of four, discuss the following:

Ø  a time she or he experienced prejudice or discrimination.

when i was in middle school i used to be fat. and because of that no body was choosing me in the P.E period to play in their teams.

Ø  a time she or he discriminated against somebody else.

NO. I dont remember doing that to anybody.

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

it happened between two of my friends and I didnt do any thing. I was afraid to lose one of them.

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

some of my friend were saying bad thing about someone else because of his clothes.

Reflection #1

                                                  Emirate Culture Video

When I start making this video about Emirati Culture I have got more information about our history and culture that before making this video I didn't know about it or even comes to my mind. In the beginning I though that making this movie is going to be hard. Since we start to work in a team with 5 Students, we started to share our ideas and help each other it does make the work easier and better for us. We learn about how emirate people used some old tool like the water well and how they made. Also, we learn about the equipment of the falcon that people were using when hunting with falcons and also the equipment that people put on the camels and the tools people used when go to fishing or dive for oyster. We also learn new things from the tourists about what's famous in their culture and how they think about the Emirate culture. Also we learn a lot about the tough live of our grandparents, and how they used animals, tools and creativity to survive. Moreover, we learn about the changes that happened due to the hard work of our rulers and how did the UAE evolve in a spectacular way. In addition, we found out how that tourism encourage and promote the identity of the Emirate culture and that the Emirate culture is more of a garden salad than a melting pot and that it is because the people who came to the UAE from different countries can keep the aspects of their culture. In the end I would say that the UAE culture is unique in it's own way.

URL: http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=DM5mq0HaRBQ

Portfolio Exercise #4

Everest climbing team: Cultural Diversity

Watch the film and take notes to answer the following questions:

1.    List the team members by name, with their duties and country

Name                         Responsibility                     Country                     Skills

-    Ed Viester                   Team Leader                     U.S.A                        Climbing

-  Jamling Norgate            Guide                                Nepal                        Climbing

-  Paula                             Camp Manager                 U.S.A                        Climbing

- Araceli Seggara              Rock Climber                    Spain                         Climbing

- Sumiyo                           Decampment                    Japan                         Climbing

-  Roger. B                        Scientist                            England                      Geologist

- Tsharpa                           Deliver Food                    Holland                      Climbing

 

2.    What were the qualities or skills of each member that benefitted the team?

Most of them Were Climbers And Few were geologist , and it helped them

With the challenge that they were facing in the mountain.

3.    How was the Team helped by ‘cultural diversity’ to attain their goal (reach the summit of Everest)? 

Team Work ( Cooperation ) And The correct planning Helped this team to achive their Goal , they come from different countires and Diffarent culture also Diffarent Skills Every one of them has his own skills by cooperation they Defeat the challenge and The danger of Everest Mountain .

Portfolio Exercise #3

Quiz 2 – What are Multiculturalism, Assimilation and Acculturation?

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.	False / it is described as a society with different set of values
2.       A “salad bowl” represents varied               and separate cultures.	True
3.       One aspect of Multiculturalism is           respecting different cultures.	True
4.       Cultural Diversity can be represented          by a “melting pot”	False / Salad bowl
5.       Acculturation means learning the         culture of your birth country.	false / Customs and beliefs of a second culture

Define in your own words:

1.       “Melting Pot” : Different culture mixed together Creating 1 unique culture.

2.       “Salad Bowl” Different culture mixed together but keeping their own culture

3.       “Assimilation” Forgeting your old culture and adapting the new culture

4.       “Acculturation”  to learn about and adopt your new countries culture.

5.       “Enculturation”to learn your 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	Different	respect	Honor	dominate	Control
multiple	Many	central	Major	interacting	Cooperating
specific	limited	represents	Show	adopt	Accepts

Give the opposite:

varied	homogeneous	respect	Disrespect	gradually	rapidly
multiple	Single	common	Rare	dominant group	Minority group
specific	Unspecific	contrasted with	Compared with	adopt	reject

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 Behavior in view of cultural diversity

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

-Culture raise children Ex : Talking Toilet training

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.”

- The children will experience his social life from the Area or the environment that his parents raise them .

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 all people are same when they  born and it depends on the parents and society to change them , Also the culture tell the parents how to raise their own children .

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.

- There is a Very strong link between my culture and my personality because it affect the way behaviors .