Cultural Diversity Project : Xavier Smith

This is my first interviewing anyone regarding their culture solely, and I interviewed my friend Jennifer on Skype. I have known Jennifer for a long time, and Jennifer is 27 years old. Jennifer is of African American descent. Jennifer’s parents reside in from Houston Texas, and they have lived there all their lives. Jennifer had Cajun roots, and her grandmother is white and her grandfather is Black. Her grandparents had an interracial marriage at a time when it was not acceptable. Jennifer’s grandfather and grandmother were born in New Orleans, Louisiana, and they experienced discrimination and unacceptance form others. Jennifer’s great-grandparents came to term with their relationship, and they were supportive, but not at first. Jennifer expressed being extremely proud of her Cajun, Anglo-Saxon, and African American ancestry. Jennifer comes from an upper middle class background, and it is a firm believer in working hard to achieve your goals.

For this assignment, I interviewed Alejandro Perez who my current significant other. He currently works as a subcontractor for construction. He is twenty-six years old. He is the oldest child in his family. He has four other brother and one sister. He identifies as Mexican because he was born and raised in Leon, Guanajuato, Mexico. At the age of sixteen, his father along with a guide immigrated to California. During the interview, I asked him what it meant to be a male in the Latino Culture. We talked about his primary cultural values, his bicultural experience, and consequences of oppression, counseling issues, and his perception to an effective learning environment.

Organizations are made up of man & woman, many cultures & races, and multiple generations. Some of the organizations are also comprised of disable employees. This is what we called diversity. Diversity is something that has been around in the organizations for decades. Diversity in Collins Dictionary means, the state or quality of being different or varied and range of different things. It is synonyms to variety, mixture, range, and multiplicity. According to Queensborough Community College in its website define diversity as “Understanding that each individual is unique, and recognizing our individual differences. These can be along the dimensions of race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, age, physical abilities, religious beliefs, political beliefs, or other ideologies.” Diversity is the mixture of people, culture, race, ethnicity, and more. Diversity can somehow affect the employees and can be challenges to the managers.

The book also explores how despite immigration seeing as a normality in the Silicon Valley area, most of the interaction is shaped by differences in ethnic and racial traits. Jimenez explains that “the way that interviewees articulated the “us” and “them” in their lives comported with social-scientific research that emphasizes ethnic and racial differences as sources of both unity and division” (Jimenez, 2017). Although the cultural diversity is so ingrained in the community of Silicon Valley, this diversity is also a constant reminder of the racial and ethnic differences in the community which could sometimes generate negative outcomes. It does not only serve as a source of unity, like with the mixed culture it generates, but it also could

Over the past few years a great deal of controversy has emerged in relation to the question about the legacy of American diversity. Historically, America has stood out as one of the most culturally diverse places in the world. Today, mistreating and giving less favorable opportunities to an individual who is powerless as a minority in society, and belonging to a specific ethnic group, has become the order of the day. For example, since 9/11, Muslims in the United States have experienced increasing discrimination in the workplace and large segments of the Muslim community have faced isolation from fellow American citizens because of differences of faith.

Although I am middle-aged, I have never traveled outside of the United States nor have I had the privilege to experience a wide diversity of cultures. Other than research or articles that I have read throughout my life, I have little knowledge pertaining to other cultures. However, through my former employment and my daughter, I have some experience and knowledge of the Hispanic families that relocated to our area.

Culture is the set of shared attitudes, beliefs, values, goals and practices that characterizes a group. (ALHT 109-105 Cultural Diversity PowerPoint) The purpose of this paper is to provide information about the Korean family structure, religious beliefs, personal space and health care beliefs. Korean’s family structure is well oriented. Traditionally, children become indebted to their parents once born. Many beliefs lie behind filial duty; meaning you treat your parents with respect and see your father as the decision maker. Since the Korean war, people have drifted from filial piety to becoming more nuclear. Children are raised to be more dependent. Both parents play roles in discipline. Most Korean parents are dedicated to their children’s

I believe Cultural diversity the theme throughout Mr. Walker’s presentation or at least the melody tried to educate us on the fact there’s cultural diversity of the Appalachian region. Thankfully, I know he did that for me. To this day, I don’t know where I developed this believe that Appalachia was a community made up of only white Kentuckian’s but I did. The sad part is I didn’t realize until I listened to his presentation and that’s when I got what Oprah calls the “aha” moment. You know, the moment when something hits you like a ton of bricks and you finally get it but you thought you already it. My “AHA” came while listening to the part of Frank X Walkers lecture when he said while speaking at a University in WA State someone asked, “do black people really live in KY”. Quite frankly, I laughed a little and thought what a ridiculous question. But when the audience chuckled, he said you laugh, but I get that question a great deal; there are people who think only white people live in Appalachia. All of a sudden, my mind started racing and I thought, oh no, wait a minute. So black people live in Appalachia? I’m so guilty and

For my History Through a Child 's Eyes project, I decided to interview two sixth grade boys. Their names are Mason, who is Caucasian, and Kaden, who is African American. Both of these boys go to the same school, but are in different classes. Mason is in the gifted and talented program at his school. I started off my interview by explaining to both of them that I needed their help with my History project.

For this activity, I had the opportunity to interview my friend Joel (His American name). He was born in Vietnam but he grew up in China. He identified himself as a Chinese- American. The whole interview went very well because I know him from a few years. The topics that we talked were very interesting from gastronomy, sport, astronomy, politic, to recreations. At the beginning, I was really interested in the conversation. Maybe it was we have many topics in common.

I felt challenged to be myself feeling like I had to be quiet and not speak my mind in the fear of people not agreeing on my ideas. After I finally was getting used to my classes and the community I began to open up to people around me. I can the conclusion that these people that I thought were so different from me actually have a lot of things in common. When getting to know the classmates around me, it make it easier to cope with the differences I had, and realize I was not the only one who felt different. I began to actually became good friends students that were totally different from me and just needed to give them a chance.

Since I started this class, I have a learned a great deal about cultural diversity in the classroom and abroad. My perspective has changed slightly but my knowledge of this subject has improved. In my family, my father taught me about the civil rights movement and the evils of segregation in the U.S. My parents taught me to be tolerant of all humans, no matter what they look like, how they dress, or their sexual orientation. My family has always been liberal thinkers who taught me the dark history of racism and bigotry in this country. As an educator I would be accepting to all race, creeds, and religious peoples.

During class, we discussed the questions presented in the Cultural Diversity: Discussion Topics. The two questions that stood out to me is, “What is diversity?” and “Does a positive stereotype exist?” I have talked about these topics in many social work classes, but I did not understand how these topics effect businesses. My answer to the first question is diversity is a mix of cultures which includes ideas and beliefs occupying the same area. Without recognizing different cultures, business are not able to provide the best services and their production rate can decrease. The second question has multiple answer and none of the opinions are wrong. In my opinion, there is a such thing as a positive stereotype. However, the most important thing about stereotypes is to understand how stereotypes affect people. In business or social work a person who is not aware of their stereotypes can practice unethical behaviors. For example, not hiring someone because they are a

Growth is essential for everything in life. Growth represents movement and without movement things become old and out dated. In business, corporations will not and can not survive without growing. With today’s technology and advances it makes no sense for any company, no matter what the size, not to become cross-cultural or global. Going cross-cultural for Superior Widget Corporation is the only next step to take since they are a young company growing vigorously. The growth of the company is the reason why it is necessary to become a cross-cultural company. This is why the training is necessary.

You are a care staff for a community service organisation from some time where five new staff members have recently been appointed. Your manager has asked you to make a presentation to the new staff members; explaining the following: