The culture I identify with is Cambodian-American due to my upbringing in a Cambodian community. I am also a huge fan of Korean pop music‚ better known as K-pop‚ which involves me in a whole new culture that I did not think I was part of. The following two experiences will show what makes me a multicultural individual by my identification with two different cultures and how I could connect with students of different cultures and backgrounds. In 1994 on November 9th I was born to a refugee single
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What are the differences between “cultural assimilation” stance and the “cultural pluralist” stance as defined by Ting-Toomey and Chung? Which stance do you subscribe in consideration of immigrant issues? Why? According to Ting - Toomey and Chung (2012)‚ the "cultural assimilation" stance is an attitude towards the adaptation process in which individuals demand that strangers conform to the host environment. While the "cultural pluralist" stance is one that encourages a diversity of values‚ emphasizing
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Erica L. Munsey Cultural Diversity In The Workplace Sociology 220B There is presently more than 60% percent of the United States work force that consist of immigrants‚ minorities and woman. Current studies show that in the next 10 – 15 years such groups will rise to 90% in the work force. Today’s leaders are now confronted with the challenges of how to effectively manage the work force that is increasing in the diverse lines of ethnicity‚ physical ability
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university‚ international students face difficulties to assimilate with local students‚ particularly in terms of linguistic and cultural differences. International student struggles to become one with the world around him. Some popular cultural studies experts believed it is best for students from all over the world who come to the United States and lose their cultural identity and “melt” into or assimilate into the American culture. Assimilation occurs in many different ways in our universities
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The Racial Differences In The Film Industry Researchers at the University of Southern California studied the 700 top-grossing films from 2007 to 2014‚ excluding 2011‚ and analyzed the race and ethnicity of more than 30‚000 characters to reveal diversity in film. The research showed for nearly a decade‚ filmmakers have made virtually no progress in portraying more characters from non-white racial and ethnic identities. Of the top 100 films of 2014‚ nearly three-quarters of all characters were white
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Observation: October 7th‚ 2011 – oak court Mall - 2:45pm to 4:15pm I walked into the Oak Court Mall from the second level entrance to observe the young people of today. As I entered the mall‚ my first thought was that watching young people surely could not generate an entire three to five page report. You see‚ I have never taken an interest in watching people that I did not have any direct contact with. I took the escalator down to the first level and I ordered some Chinese food and a lemonade
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How can one judge what is moral and what is not? Who decides where the line is drawn? What standing ground does one have when question the morals of another? Where is the benchmark? This essay shall examine the statement aforementioned‚ firstly by engaging with cultural relativism‚ then critically discuss cultural relativism and lastly examine the implications for educational practices in South Africa. With regards to the statement‚ it is first important to note the definition of morality. “Morality
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Kunal Pathade 11/10/13 10-6 WHAP Hebrew Essay: Continuity and Cultural Diffusion The Jews lived to preserve their culture; that essentially represented the fundamental goal of life to the Jews. The Jews observed the decadence of the Sumerians as a cause of cultural diffusion‚ and wanted to make sure that same thing would not happen to them. Eventually‚ the Jews did become vulnerable to cultural diffusion around the 4th century CE when the Greek-Macedonians from the West came; the great and
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Derald Wing Sue Describes five multicultural themes: 1) Cultural Universality Versus Cultural Relativism 2) The Emotional Consequences of "Race and/or Differences" 3) The Inclusive or Exclusive Nature of Multiculturalism 4) The Sociopolitical Nature if Social Work Practice 5) The Nature of Culturally Competent Social Work Practice. Theme One: Cultural Universality Versus Cultural Relativism An "EMIC" Cultural relativism is the view that all beliefs‚ customs‚ and ethics are relative to the individual
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\ After studying Stan Rummel’s “Greco/Roman Cultural Matrix Overview and Values” sections‚ our class chose to use the virtue of pietas of the Roman Cultural Matrix to construct a personal reflection paper. I also use the primary source from course website: “Cicero on Duty” in the essay. Pietas is defined that it is “performance of responsibilities to one’s parents‚ ancestors‚ relatives‚ along with deities and the state.” (Stan Rummel hand out) I am not a citizen of American because I am an
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