BSHS/345 Diversity and Special Populations
January 19th, 2015
Annotated Bibliography
Bakalian, A., & Bozorgmehr, M. (2011). Middle Eastern and Muslim American Studies Since 9/11. Sociological Forum, 26(3), 714-728. doi:10.1111/j.1573-7861.2011.01273.x
This article discusses how Arab 's migrated to the United States and the labeling of various groups of Arabs as well as confusion with other Middle Easterners. Moreover, it talks about how racism and discrimination of the Arab Americans ever since September 11, 2001. Additionally, it points out that many Arab Americans that are not too fluent in English and are not citizens of the United States are seldom social and more private with their life.
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Research has shown that practitioners have abused the “system” with maltreatment discrimination and abuse of African Americans by some institutions. The article states, “The principles of human flourishin is the key to evaluating the moral weight of culture in ethics”. Because African Americans are a non-dominant group, many share a similar history of racial and social oppression in the United States. This has been detrmental and has adversely influenced their chances at quality health care in this country.
Oliver, M. F. (2011). Postmodern Application Within Latino Culture. Practice Theory and Research, 2.
This source shows that in the past year, drug and alcohol had a bigger increase in U.S. born Latinos than in Latino’s from other countries. New guidelines for treating Latinos with substance abuse problems have come about. Some include for the therapist or worker to not hold attitudes and beliefs that can detrimentally influence their thinking and perceptions of another is to be multicultural, sensitive, responsive and knowledge and to understand about ethnically and racially diverse cultures. There is also the description to educate, so research and practice organizational change. Each professional worker must assess their …show more content…
They state that disable learners must not be disadvantaged in education and very important to make sure that the learners are not unfairly treated in assessment situations. Colleges have an obligation to anticipate the needs of the learners and to make reasonable adjustment, and if we are enabling them they won’t receive a fair chance when they are on their own and you’re unavailable to provide assistance. Important factors to remember is to allow the disabled the same opportunity by given the access to a computer so they are able to navigate, provide them with learning materials and allow them to solve the answers on their own. This does not mean you cannot provide some assistance but you have to allow them to be