Tuesday, January 21, 2014
Monday, November 18, 2013
Blue eyes vs Brown eyes - Reflection
We watched a short movie which was describing discrimination in a very effective way. It was about a class re-united with their 3rd grade teacher, and they were watching together what she taught them 16 years earlier.
The teacher was trying to teach the children what racism is,
shortly after the murder of Dr Martin Luther King. The problem is that the kids
grew together, they know each other and all of them come from farming, from the same
place. However the question is how to get them to exprience at a personal level what
descrimination is all about ?
She divided her class into two groups, blue-eyed and brown-eyed children. At first she favoured blue-eyed children and gave them special privileges which led blue-eyed children to bully the brown-eyed children. Therefore when she favoured the brown-eyed over the blue-eyed children, this shocked her when she saw that brown-eyed showed divisions and mistrust even when they have tasted the feeling.
She divided her class into two groups, blue-eyed and brown-eyed children. At first she favoured blue-eyed children and gave them special privileges which led blue-eyed children to bully the brown-eyed children. Therefore when she favoured the brown-eyed over the blue-eyed children, this shocked her when she saw that brown-eyed showed divisions and mistrust even when they have tasted the feeling.
Finally, when the adults were viewing themselves as children, they did understand the purpose of the experiment and they said that they have a better understanding of the term discrimination by this experience.
The 3rd grade teacher (Jane Elliot), did the most powerful demonstration experience of all time.
Monday, October 7, 2013
Glossary
Culture: the shared values, history, customs etc of a
people.
Diversity: differences e.g. race, gender, economic status, religion etc.
Cultural diversity: a multicultural society where it is understood that each individual is different re. race, gender, economic status, religion, physical abilities etc. When this occurs we have social harmony i.e. peaceful co-existence of people from different backgrounds. In such a society there will be cross-cultural communication, where people from differing backgrounds can communicate and avoid conflicts and can even adopt aspects of other cultures i.e. acculturation. In this type of society there will be a widely-shared belief in human rights, basic freedoms which belong to all people regardless of colour, language, religion etc.
Bias: If you are biased, it means you have an idea that someone or something is superior to another for no logical reasons. It is similar to prejudice, e.g. racial prejudice in apartheid South Africa.
Culture shock: This is when u find aspects from another culture so defferent from ur own.
Demographics: The study of the population and its component parts.
Discrimination: There was racial discrimination in apartheid South Africa. N.B. blue eyes vs brown eyes.
Ethnic group: It's a group which share similar race, religion, language, whatever.
Ethnocentricity: It's looking at the world from your own ethnic point of view, it implies that your ethnicity is superior.
Expatriate: Someone from one country living and often working in another country; not a tourist, not a businessman in a short visit.
Diversity: differences e.g. race, gender, economic status, religion etc.
Cultural diversity: a multicultural society where it is understood that each individual is different re. race, gender, economic status, religion, physical abilities etc. When this occurs we have social harmony i.e. peaceful co-existence of people from different backgrounds. In such a society there will be cross-cultural communication, where people from differing backgrounds can communicate and avoid conflicts and can even adopt aspects of other cultures i.e. acculturation. In this type of society there will be a widely-shared belief in human rights, basic freedoms which belong to all people regardless of colour, language, religion etc.
Bias: If you are biased, it means you have an idea that someone or something is superior to another for no logical reasons. It is similar to prejudice, e.g. racial prejudice in apartheid South Africa.
Culture shock: This is when u find aspects from another culture so defferent from ur own.
Demographics: The study of the population and its component parts.
Discrimination: There was racial discrimination in apartheid South Africa. N.B. blue eyes vs brown eyes.
Ethnic group: It's a group which share similar race, religion, language, whatever.
Ethnocentricity: It's looking at the world from your own ethnic point of view, it implies that your ethnicity is superior.
Expatriate: Someone from one country living and often working in another country; not a tourist, not a businessman in a short visit.
Wednesday, October 2, 2013
Cultural Divirsty & Demographics of UAE
source
|
year
|
percentage
|
Ethnic groups
|
Wikipedia
|
2013
|
19%
| Emirati |
Wikipedia
|
2013
|
23%
| Other Arabs and Iranian |
Wikipedia
|
2013
|
50%
| South Asian |
Wikipedia
|
2013
|
8%
| Other expatriates |
source
|
year
|
percentage
|
religions
|
Wikipedia
|
2013
|
76%
|
Muslim
|
Wikipedia
|
2013
|
16%
|
Shia
|
Wikipedia
|
2013
|
15%
|
Christian
|
Wikipedia
|
2013
|
%5
|
Hindu
|
Wikipedia
|
2013
|
5%
|
Buddhism
|
Cultural divirsty : is a combination of differences such as races, gender , economic , and religion with shared values of history of people.
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