Blog Exercise #1 - Ten Aspects of Cultural Diversity
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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
|
Indonesia
|
Brazil
|
Language
|
English
|
Arabic
|
Indonesian
|
Portuguese
|
|
Religion
|
Religious bigotry
(a religious bigot)
|
Christian
(Protestant)
|
Muslim
(Sunni)
|
Muslim
(Sunni)
|
Christian
|
Values
and beliefs
|
Socialist
|
Carnivore
|
omnivore
|
Socialist
|
|
Disability
|
Ableism
|
Able
|
Able
|
Able
|
Able
|
Class
|
Classism
|
Middle Class
|
High Class!
|
Low class
|
Middle Class
|
Gender
|
Sexism
(Sexist)
|
Female
|
Male
|
Female
|
Male
|
Age
|
Ageism
(Ageist)
|
60
|
20
|
40
|
30
|
Educational
Background
|
M.Ed.
|
Undergraduate
|
Undergraduate
|
Undergraduate
|
|
Sexual
Orientation
|
Hetrosexualist
(Homophobic)
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
2. How many
countries are there in the world today? Above 185
3. How many
ethnic groups are there in the world today? Hundred of thousands
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? Less than 5
5. What is
wrong with this chart? it is outdated
6. What
percentage of the UAE population is Emirati in 2014? 2.3 millions
7. Why is
the percentage so small? many non emarati workers employ for many reasons like building company and so many projects etc ...
8. The UAE's population
strategy plans to make Emiratis the majority in the country or up to 40 per
cent, by 20 percent, members of the Federal National Council (FNC) told Gulf News.
9. Do you
think this will happen? no i think its impossible
10. Why do
you think this? Because they have a lot of project plans in the future which will bring many non emarati workers .
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?
mixing cultural heritage may benefit only the group
Post this on your blog by
the end of the class.
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