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LSS 3205                                                                          Future Center

Types of Challenges

Describe the Future Center facility, staff and participants: What is it? Who are they? What do they do?

The future center is very polite and nice and there staff is very caring and friendly .future center is a place for special people that need more intention so they help them grow and become more independent in life.

Describe in detail the challenges the staff face, the participants face.

The staff or the future center were based on a rented villa which made it hard and because many problem from communications and understanding the needs of the student or the children and the lake of rooms and teachers (staff).

What have they achieved so far?

the achieved so many thing for starters they are the most affective center to help young people and couple years ago they had a competition which sheikh Nahyan Bin Mubarak Al-Nahyan made and there came up on the top of the bored which the sheikh wanted to know from where they came from, after that sheikh Nahyan Bin Mubarak Al-Nahyan presented the future centre with their own building and more equipment and teacher.

What are their future goals?

There goals are to let the people of UAE know about their center and to let them trust them with their children to help them grow and learn.

How does this information relate to cultural diversity?

Cultural diversity showed us that remarkably people can achieve high or great things in life. The same with future center they wanted to make and relate to the children with special need, that one day they could be important in daily life.

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LSS 3205                          Multiculturalism                      “Blind sight”

Watch the video and answer the following:

What types of cultural diversity are present in the movie?

The culture diversity represented in this movie is the Races, Nationalities, Affluence, poverty, Ethnicities, Abilities.

What are some of the challenges people in the movie encounter?

A blind sighted guy claimed world tallest mountain and faced the hard life when he was a kid.

Group of young children were bulled for their condition as blind and over that the young people of the town thinks that blind is a curse by god.

What are some examples of stereotyping, prejudice, bias and/or discrimination in the video?

Stereotyping:  blind people can’t do anything by them self’s.

Bias:  when the adult arguing about its time to go down the mountain or continue, but most of them wants to continue but the children cant.

Discrimination:  The young blind children were insulted by other people in their town.

What challenges do people face as a result of personality rather than culture?

everyday young children or adult that have a disable people treat them different like something wrong with them (like a dieses that can spared) so when people like disables go and a achieve something that no normal human can do its really something to be proud of.

What benefits are there for the people in the movie as a result of their differing cultures?

People of the town will be shocked of how they could climb a huge mountain with their disability to see. And it will change how people will look at them from now on.

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LSS 3205                                                                         

Class Differences

In a small group use the internet to help you answer the questions, then discuss your answers with the class.

Describe in your own words “the culture of affluence”, “the culture of poverty”.

Culture of affluence: Are improved cultures that have more power and money.

Culture of poverty: is week culture with basic right and has no money or basics of live.

Define “social stratification”.

Social stratification is society levels of people that are different then each other with more power and money.

Describe India’s caste system as an example of social stratification.

India has 5 caste system first they have the farmers or the slaves then upperparts is the normal people then the royalty then the king then the religion.

Describe South Africa’s apartheid as an example of social stratification.

It’s based on 2 main things the first is the highest as the white guy and the lowest as the black guy.

In your opinion, what classes of people exist in the Emirates?  How are they characterized?

In the Emirates classes are a bit different from other countries we based on nationality were the leaders on top then the meddle are Arabs and western people and the lowest are Pakistan and India people.

LSS 3205                                                                         

Culture of Poverty

With a partner, go to: http://www.3rdworldfarmer.com/ Play the game.

What challenges did you face?

A lot of challenges from dieses and army and natural causes and many more.

What choices did you have?

Not much, if you got the money will be fine but if you didn’t you will let your people die.

What temptations did you encounter?

Many from drought and health danger and army invasion and poorness.

If it were your real family instead of a computer game, would you have chosen differently?

Yes, I would be feeling what they feel and think other then ideas that could help them more than doing a simple choice.

What did you learn about third world life?

That there are other people need of our help and we sit doing nothing and we waste more food then we eat and spend more money then we have for something that we don’t want or need.

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Patricia Burnett                                                                                                                                             Station 11

LSS 3205                                                                                                                                                              Ext.702

Introduction to Diversity

With a partner, research on the internet to find the following information include your sources.

UAE Demographics:

Ethnic Groups	Percentage	Year	Source
Emirati	19%	1982	Wikipedia.org
Asia east and west	8%	1982	Wikipedia.org
Iranian	23%	1982	Index mundi
South Asian	50%	1982	Index mundi
Baloch	50%	N/A	Wikipedia.org

Religions	Percentage	Year	Source
Muslim	80%	2003	Wikipedia.org
Christina	9%	2003	Wikipedia.org
Hindu, Buddhist	10%	2003	Wikipedia.org

Write a definition of cultural diversity in your own words.

It’s a group of people of different people came in other county to seek life and to interact with each other.

Give examples of cultural diversity in Abu Dhabi (Places of worship, organizations, etc.)

Churches

Western food

Life style

Stores

Embassy

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LSS 2503

Chapter 5 Understanding Cultural Diversity

Work with a partner, explore ch. 5 and write in the missing answers.

The challenges and benefits of diversity

Challenges include gender, age, ideology, national origin, and sexual orientation. Some people discriminate against others who are different from themselves. Discrimination happens when an action or decision is based on a prejudice against an individual or group because of race, class, sexual orientation, age and disabilities amongst others. It usually happens when a dominant group confront a member or members from a minority group. Examples include:

Dominant white against black

Dominant males against females

Dominant rich against the poor

Dominant young against the old (and vice versa)

Many of the challenges of diversity stem from ‘isms’: racism, sexism, ageism, ableism and classism.

Racism

This occurs when a member or members of a dominant group discriminate against another group based on the colour of the skin. This was practised under the apartheid regime in South Africa where people were excluded from many areas (where they lived, who they married, what jobs they had, how they were educated amongst others) based solely on the colour of their skin.

Classism

Class refers to social rank in terms of income, wealth, status and power. This means that different values are placed on people based not on personality but on their social and economic value

Sexism

This refers to treating men and women in different ways based on their gender. The dominant group (usually males) has the power and can lead to prejudice and bias against the less dominant group.

Ageism

Ageism refers to people being discriminated against because of their age rather that their ability and often takes place in the job market.

Ableism

This is related to discrimination against people with a disability. Disabilities are limitations that can interrupt everyday activities in work or social life. If the environment does not have the facilities to accommodate disabled people (such as a ramp) then the disability becomes a handicap.

Benefits of diversity

The most recognised benefits of diversity are

Creativity

Innovation

Cooperation

Synergy

Creativity

Working with people from other cultures can help our creativity. If we work with people from different ethnic groups we will benefit from their input resulting from their different backgrounds, experiences, perspectives and ideas.

Innovation

When a group of people from different cultures and backgrounds are working together a collection of ideas can lead to innovations.

Cooperation

Once we acknowledge and respect our differences the possibilities for connecting and cooperating become wider. In friendly atmosphere similarities become more important than differences and individuals can connect to each other using positive attitudes.

Synergy

Synergy is the extra energy and effectiveness that is achieved when people and organisations create a spirit of shared understanding and openness so that they can cooperate and combine their efforts.

These benefits develop when people from different cultural backgrounds work or live together. This can be in industry, education, the market place and local communities.

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Goal 2 Adverse Reactions to Diversity – 2010 - Semester 2

                      Course: Cultural Diversity             Code:  LSSS N205

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

Define:

Stereotyping:

A widely held but fixed and oversimplified image or idea of a particular type of person.

Prejudice:

Preconceived opinion not based on reason or experience.

Bias:

Prejudice in favour of or against one thing, person, or group usually in a way in an unfair.

Discrimination:

Recognition and understanding of the difference between one thing and another.

Give an example of each.

Some Americans think that Arabs are boomers.

Prejudice is thinking without any action.

There is some bias people think that the world  is overrated.

Present day UAE people face discrimination for something they didn’t do.

Watch Class Divided

Understanding

With partners, answer the following:

Where, when and with whom did this experiment take place? In the collage at class time with my partner

Describe the experiment? It was an easy and not complicated

What were the results? Know about it and get more information

How successful do you believe it was? Actually yah I believe it

    Going Deeper

In groups of four, discuss the following:

A time she or he experienced prejudice or discrimination?

After what happened in America they think that all Arabs are boomers. Every time I go to an airport they keep announcing me about things I won’t think to do.

A time she or he discriminated against somebody else?

When I was in my senior year of high school me and my friends use to bully other people for the way they looked and they way they specked.

A time she or he witnessed discrimination and did nothing about it?

last year when I was in the mall I saw some guys making fun of the genitor there about what he look like and what he do, I couldn’t say anything because if I did I don’t have anyone to back me up .

A time she or he witnessed discrimination and did something about it?

Often in class some students want to make fun of my friend but I stop them by making them think about what if they where him.

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Cultural Diversity 2053 LO3

With a partner, review the ppt. on the website and fill in the missing words.

(Types of Cultures):-

Relationship-Oriented Cultures:-

Universalism/                  

Individualism /

Collectivism

Particularisti

Neutral /

Affective cultures

Specific/

Diffuse

Achievment/ Ascription cultures

Time Oriented Cultures:-

Monochromic / Polychronic

Communication Oriented Cultures:-

Low context /High-context