Blog Exercise #1 - Ten Aspects of Cultural Diversity
Name : Ahmed
Mohamed Al Jefri
ID H00224953
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
|
Saeed
|
Chris
|
Language
|
English
|
Arabic
|
Urdu
|
English
|
|
Religion
|
Religious bigotry
(a religious bigot)
|
Christian
(Protestant)
|
Muslim
(Sunni)
|
Muslim
(Sunni)
|
Christian
|
Values
and beliefs
|
Socialist
|
Carnivore
|
sincerity
|
Credibility at work
|
|
Disability
|
Ableism
|
Able
|
Able
|
Able
|
Able
|
Class
|
Classism
|
Middle Class
|
High Class!
|
Lower Class
|
Middle Class
|
Gender
|
Sexism
(Sexist)
|
Female
|
Male
|
Male
|
Male
|
Age
|
Ageism
(Ageist)
|
60
|
20
|
50
|
33
|
Educational
Background
|
M.Ed.
|
Undergraduate
|
High School Certificate
|
PHD
|
|
Sexual
Orientation
|
Hetrosexualist
(Homophobic)
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
2. How many
countries are there in the world today? About
195 countries .
3. How many
ethnic groups are there in the world today?
Around 5000 Ethnic Group.
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? ( 12 )
5. What is
wrong with this chart? The wrong in
this chart is that South and South-East Asian are more than 60 % .. they are
about 70 % !! .
6. What
percentage of the UAE population is Emirati in 2014? About 16 percent .
7. Why is
the percentage so small? Because ,
there a lot of foreigners people in the UAE
8. The UAE's population
strategy plans to make Emiratis the majority in the country or up to …….. per
cent, by …….., members of the Federal National Council (FNC) told Gulf News.
9. Do you
think this will happen? No .. I don’t
think so .
10. Why do
you think this? Because , The UAE in need of Indian workers, engineers and
foreign experts
11. Do you
have any different ethnic groups in your ancestry or your family today?
No .. I don’t have .
12. What are
the benefits of having a mixed cultural heritage?
Knowing
more than one culture , having a great different informations and languages .
Post this on your blog by the
end of the class.
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