Blog Exercise #1 - Ten Aspects of Cultural Diversity
Name …………………….
ID …………………….
1. Look at these ten aspects which make up your cultural identity. Then, fill in the last two columns – one for somebody who works for your family and one for an expatriate friend. There are other aspects of cultural diversity but these are the main ones.
Aspect
|
‘ism’
|
Frankie
|
Mohamed
|
Your Family Employee
|
Your
Expatriate
Friend
|
Race/Ethnicity
|
Racism
(Racist)
|
White British
|
Emirati
|
Indian
|
none
|
Language
|
English
|
Arabic
|
ordu
|
none
| |
Religion
|
Religious bigotry
(a religious bigot)
|
Christian
(Protestant)
|
Muslim
(Sunni)
|
muslim
(sunni)
|
none
|
Values and beliefs
|
Socialist
|
Carnivore
|
carnivore
|
none
| |
Disability
|
Ableism
|
Able
|
Able
|
able
|
none
|
Class
|
Classism
|
Middle Class
|
High Class!
|
low class
|
none
|
Gender
|
Sexism
(Sexist)
|
Female
|
Male
|
male
|
none
|
Age
|
Ageism
(Ageist)
|
60
|
20
|
54
|
none
|
Educational Background
|
M.Ed.
|
Undergraduate
|
none
|
none
| |
Sexual Orientation
|
Hetrosexualist
(Homophobic)
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
2. How many countries are there in the world today? more than 200 ……..
3. How many ethnic groups are there in the world today? more than 100,000…………………………
Here is an incomplete list of ethnic groups.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_modern_ethnic_groups
4. How many ethnic groups are there living in the UAE? five……………………………
5. What is wrong with this chart? …the emirati people population is low …………………………………….
6. What percentage of the UAE population is Emirati in 2014? …11.5%…..
7. Why is the percentage so small? becuase there is alot of foreign workers ….
8. The UAE's population strategy plans to make Emiratis the majority in the country or up to 50% per cent, by 2020., members of the Federal National Council (FNC) told Gulf News.
9. Do you think this will happen? ………………this is not likley to happen……………………………..
10. Why do you think this? ………population of any nation need centeries to increase and thats almost impossible in 6 years …………………………………………
11. Do you have any different ethnic groups in your ancestry or your family today? ..........none............................................................................................................
12. What are the benefits of having a mixed cultural heritage?
………language , food , genitcs and ideas
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