Cultural Views

 

Speaker	Quote	Meaning
Dwight D. Eisenhower	A Person that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both.	When someone cares more of their material wealth more than their morals and ideals they would likely lose their humanity and eventually lose their material wealth.
Martin Luther King, Jr	All men are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality.	Every person’s actions matter to everyone.
Sheik Zayed	who does not have a past, has neither a present nor a future	All people should know and learn from their history.
Mohandas Gandhi	A nation’s culture resides in the hearts and souls of its people.	A nations people are the most important thing.
Amin Maalouf	Traditions deserve to be respected only insofar as they are respectable – that is, exactly insofar as they themselves respect the fundamental rights of men and women.	Sometimes old customs need to be replaced, especially if they hurt a person and their basic human rights.
Martin Luther King, Jr	God is not merely interested in the freedom of brown men, yellow men, red men and black men .He is interested in the freedom of the whole human race.	God doesn’t care about skin color. God cares about freedom for everyone.
Desmond Tutu	My humanity is bound up in yours, for we can only be human together.	Our actions depend on one another.
Frank Borman	When you're finally up on the moon, looking back at the earth, all these differences and nationalistic traits are pretty well going to blend and you're going to get a concept that maybe this is really one world and why the hell can't we learn to live together like decent people	From a distance, there is no such thing as nations and cultures, for we are all human beings and reside on the same planet.
Pablo Casals	The love of one’s country is a splendid thing, but why should it stop at the border?	Love all people as you love your own country.
DD. Eisenhower	The world must learn to work together, or finally it will not work at all.	If people of the world can’t get along, nothing will work.
Sheikh Zayed	Many countries go to war and then towards reconciliation. The history of mankind is full of stories of wars between people and states that have come together after fighting for long. Why can't Arabs be like them?	We must forgive our enemies and learn to work with them.
Martin Luther King, Jr	I have a dream, that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.	What is most important about a person is what is on the inside, not their appearance.

 

Ethnocentrism

 

 

 

 

1. On the lines below, write a definition of Ethnocentrism. Find one on the web.

 

 

Ethnocentrism is the tendency to look at the world primarily from the perspective of one's own culture. Ethnocentrism often involves the belief that one's own race or ethnic group is the most important and that some or all aspects of its culture are greater than those of other groups. Within this ideology, individuals will judge other groups in relation to their own particular ethnic group or culture, especially with concern to language, behavior, customs, and religion. These ethnic differences and sub-divisions serve to define each ethnicity's unique cultural identity.

 

 

 

2. Read the cartoon. How is Ethnocentrism reflected in the conversation below?

 

Write your answer on the lines below.

 

I can clearly see that Bucky is being ethnocentric and it makes him false assumptions about cultural differences.

 

 

 

 3. Looking at the cartoon characters.

 

Imagine them in social situations. What kind of people would (would n’t) they associate with? What kind of events (movies, shows) would (would n’t) they prefer to go? Think of other situations.

 

Describe Bucky

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Bucky; In any social situations I think that Bucky would be friends with other people with the same views as him, he is very closed-minded and intolerant of other people cultures. He definitely would not associate with anybody outside of his cultural background. He is the definition of ethnocentrism. Bucky would probably prefer to go to any movies or shows that promotes his own culture and ways and would have no time for any other sort.

 

 

Describe the man talking with Bucky. Let’s call him Tom

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Tom; I believe that Tom is the complete opposite of the definition of ethnocentrism. He seems very open-minded and keen to learn about other cultures outside of his own. To me, I would like to think that Tom would be very welcoming to people of all cultures and he would be very interested to understand. I would think that he would enjoy very culturally diverse shows and movies.

 

 

 

4. Drawing Ethnocentrism.

 

On a separate sheet of paper, make a drawing of Ethnocentrism. You don’t have to draw well.

My Opinions - 'Mind Your Langauge' & 'Where is the Love?'

Mind Your Language

My opinion on the show 'Mind Your Language', is that all the characters in the show seem to be a stereotype of the cultural background that they are from; for example, the French woman is romantic and flirty, and the German woman is tough and abrupt.

'Where is the Love?'- Black Eyed Peas

My opinion on the song 'Where is the Love?' by the Black Eyed Peas, is that the lyrics are against discrimination, stereotyping and racism. They suggest in the song lyrics that all the people in the world need to have love for one another and they need to come together as one.

 

Table of 'Isms'

Isms		Example	Reason or motive
Ableism		-All mentally disabled people are crazy -people are afraid that they might get killed by disabled person.	-people fear and think that disabled people can be persuaded to do bad things easily. -Misunderstanding the disabilities.
Ageism		-fathers think that they are always right and think that their son is immature careless and disorganized.	-Because it is known that with age people become more weak physically and mentally - Teenagers are inexperienced and don’t know how to deal with problems
Classism		-if someone had a new expensive car he or she thinks that they are superior.	-Because people think highly of others who have more economical influence.
Racism		-Colombians are drug dealers   - Black people are thugs	-due to the fact that Colombia is one of the world’s greatest supplier of cocaine. -because of some movies and other type of media black people are regarded as criminals.
religious		-All Muslims are terrorist s     -All Jews are part of conspiracies	-this is a result of a minor group of religious extremists who justify their action as an act of God.  -this is also due to the influence of the media.
Sexism	-Boys are smarter than girls   -women can’t fix their car if it breaks down in the middle of the road			-Because females act by their emotions. -because males are superior in physical strength and logical thinking.

Reflective Essay 2

In my essay I will define each of the terms (stereotyping, prejudice and discrimination) plus I will give an example and say how my learning will help me in my society.

First prejudice is an opinion that you have about something without knowing anything about it  for example He was prejudiced to give her the job only on her looks. Great you think she got the job! but what about her qualifications?

Second discrimination is when you treat someone bad and don’t like them just because of their race, gender etc. For example I hate you because of your skin color.

Next stereotyping is when you judge a group of people who are different from you the same as “all Americans are fat “and “all Arabs are terrorists”  

 What I learn from my studies is not to just have one opinion about all people, I learn to treat people as individuals regardless of their background, skin color’s or gender

In conclusion I think those three terms are the reason of racism and when people stereotyping, when people prejudice and when people discrimination it always Couse problems between people. People should think positive about other races and look at the good side of it.

LSS 2053 Cultural Diversity Course Goal 2