Eth125 R8 Wk1 Diversity Worksheet
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Diversity Worksheet
Answer each question in 50 to 150 words. Provide citations for all the sources you use.
1. What is diversity? Why is diversity valued?
Diversity is the range of different things, it includes important and interrelated dimensions of human identity such as race, ethnicity, gender, gender identity and expression, socio-economic status, nationality, citizenship, religion, sexual orientation, ability and age. Diversity is valued because, it is associated with understanding how multiple identities relate to patterns of socialization. Diversity builds up the intellectual, emotional, moral, religion, of the community. Without diversity, every person in the world would be the same.
2. What is ethnocentrism? In what ways can ethnocentrism be detrimental to a society?
Ethnocentrism is judging another culture or religion by the beliefs, and values of their own religion. Ethnocentrism is considered a natural human habit, and it has developed a generally negative connotation. Ethnocentrism can be detrimental to a society in many ways. First, it can make someone judge another person because they are not the same religion, and they will automatically feel hate towards the other person. Second, we will probably think wrong of that person and decide not to get to know them since we already decided to judge them before we actually met them. Finally this can harm anyone and make us not like each other
3. Define emigration and immigration.
Emigration is leaving one’s native country with the intent to settle in another country. Immigration is the movement of a person into one country from another. Both of these words describe acts of migration across national boundaries.
4. What are some of the ways groups of people are identified?
There are many ways that groups of people can be identified, I sometimes identify a person by their gender, race, religion, etc. I tend to look at a person and think I already figured
Diversity Worksheet
Answer each question in 50 to 150 words. Provide citations for all the sources you use.
1. What is diversity? Why is diversity valued?
Diversity is the range of different things, it includes important and interrelated dimensions of human identity such as race, ethnicity, gender, gender identity and expression, socio-economic status, nationality, citizenship, religion, sexual orientation, ability and age. Diversity is valued because, it is associated with understanding how multiple identities relate to patterns of socialization. Diversity builds up the intellectual, emotional, moral, religion, of the community. Without diversity, every person in the world would be the same.
2. What is ethnocentrism? In what ways can ethnocentrism be detrimental to a society?
Ethnocentrism is judging another culture or religion by the beliefs, and values of their own religion. Ethnocentrism is considered a natural human habit, and it has developed a generally negative connotation. Ethnocentrism can be detrimental to a society in many ways. First, it can make someone judge another person because they are not the same religion, and they will automatically feel hate towards the other person. Second, we will probably think wrong of that person and decide not to get to know them since we already decided to judge them before we actually met them. Finally this can harm anyone and make us not like each other
3. Define emigration and immigration.
Emigration is leaving one’s native country with the intent to settle in another country. Immigration is the movement of a person into one country from another. Both of these words describe acts of migration across national boundaries.
4. What are some of the ways groups of people are identified?
There are many ways that groups of people can be identified, I sometimes identify a person by their gender, race, religion, etc. I tend to look at a person and think I already figured