A person's culture is not decided by your whole family’s culture but it is decided by you and your openness. In the personal essay “Two Ways to Belong in America” by Bharati Mukherjee two sisters go separate way and follow two totally different cultures. In the story mira wanted to view the world through her family’s culture and view the world that way this. This is important because your culture makes a huge affect on how you see the world and people in the world. Also in the story, Bharati wants to go and follow a different culture than her family. This is important because she has taken a different road than the rest of her family has.…
In this section of the Capstone Project I will address the knowledge and skills I have learned in the JMSW Program in regard to multicultural competence. I will first outline the knowledge I have acquired on multicultural competence from courses in the curriculum. Next I will delineate the ethical issues that impact this part of my practice as a professional social worker. Then I will demonstrate my skill development through the completion of a paper on the cycle of socialization, where I was able to apply my knowledge on this area of practice and therefore learn its application to real life client situations. In addition, I will indicate which of the ten core competencies I further developed from the knowledge and skills I have acquired in this area of social work practice.…
I was able to find only nine available choices for the characteristics of a multicultural school environment so I made my top nine characteristics of a multicultural school environment. My choices are as follows:…
Multiracial children social category falls into a misunderstood culture. They struggle to fit into a specific social group, because their skin tone and facial features identifies them as unique (Csizmadia & Ispa, 158). My granddaughter is triracial or commonly identified as multiracial. Due to her young age there are no specific cultural traits displayed. Her academic journey begins when she enters kindergarten in the fall of 2016. She will experience social, racial, and educational challenges both positive and negative, mild or possibly severe. The predominant race of the community will dictate the severity of the rejection or acceptation. If my granddaughter encounters discrimination, will it display as subtle or blatant? I desire to assist…
Culture diversity is defined as: the cultural variety and cultural differences that exist in the world, a society, or an institution according to dictionary.com. I decided to research the African American culture because their culture interested me most.…
I believe values held by scholars do affect their interpretation of ethnic families. We can take two different ethnic scientists with different backgrounds from the article for an example. According to Daniel Moynihan (1965), a white scientist, black families were deteriorating and were also dysfunctional. Moynihan (1965) went on and recommended social policies that would encourage black families to use more ways of functioning like the majority of other white families were. As for Robert Hill (1972), a black scientist, he saw…
Using material from Item A and elsewhere assess sociological explanations of the nature and extent of family diversity today (24 marks)…
A casual look around most neighborhoods today reveals an undeniable trend: more multicultural families exist in the United States than ever before. In fact, in the 2000 census, more than six million Americans described themselves as being of more than one race (2000 Census). Multiracial families face many struggles with regard to race identification in their daily lives as well as children at school. Many children commonly experience the social isolation of not belonging to a defined group. I will examine which factors influence these families to identify racially, the psychological effects of their well-being, and the importance of the education systems approach towards relating to multiracial children in the classroom.…
Growing up in an immigrant family shaped my view of life. Neither of my parents achieved their goals of higher education, so they enforced their beliefs on their three children; the oldest daughter (who battles with identity issues), a son (who grew up playing basketball to express his emotions of not knowing his biological father), and last but not least, the youngest daughter (who faces an endless battle of stress and depression). As a result of my parents forcing their beliefs onto their children, a competitive barrier formed around us. As the youngest child, I had to watch my older siblings achieve the most in their schools, while I was left as the “last child” to the rest of my family members; the “last child” to achieve something. They…
Throughout my practicum, I have realized the importance of being aware of the clients and their backgrounds. I didn’t realize that there was a client in one of the group sessions that was homosexual. When my comment in the group was taken to mean a husband and wife relationship, I didn’t know his background or situation. The other therapist commented and asked how he felt about the topic and if he was uncomfortable. He mentioned that he was ok with it, he felt he could apply what they were saying to any other kind of relationship. He also said that he had come to terms to the fact that he would probably never get married. This just made me realize that I was no longer just with heterosexual LDS men and later I would…
Marriages between people of a different race have grown immensely over the last few decades. This has also given the view point of the children that come out of these interracial marriages a whole different outlook than of the children several decades ago. In this article it states that from 1970 to 2000 the number of interracial families actually quadrupled to 3.4 million. This being forced to be accepted and become okay with society that marrying that of another race was not wrong, and something that should never be questioned. The change in peoples attitudes towards this subject helped the change immensely. The article states “Once you learn that the people aren’t as different as you think they are, the fear goes…
“Multicultural education incorporates the idea that all students-regardless of their gender, social class, and ethnic, or racial, or cultural characteristics-should have an equal opportuni“Multicultural education incorporates the idea that all students-regardless of their gender, social class, and ethnic, or racial, or cultural characteristics-should have an equal opportunity to learn in school” (Banks & Gee, 2009, p. 4). Multicultural education dismiss the idea of rejecting a human being in any way in school or within society and recognizes the differences it has.…
Stereotypes are all around us and they occur on a regular basis. They exist in our workplace, at home and in schools. Stereotypes have a “powerful influence on children’s perceptions of reality” (York, 2006, pg. 151). As educators it is essential that we encourage an anti-bias classroom environment by implementing material in the classroom that reflects multiculturalism and diversity. According to Stacey York, “many commercial teaching materials are outright stereotypical” (York, 2006, pg. 152). In the classroom, there are many things that teachers can do in order to help eliminate stereotypes in the classroom.…
Being Hispanic means being part of a community of family oriented individuals that share a common culture. My family is a very important part of my life. Growing up in a Hispanic family has taught me that family is the most import thing in this world. Hispanic families like mine are always united and caring towards each other. I value my mother and father's hards work and appreciate the care and affection they have given me. Hispanic culture is driven by family affection and bonding and that is what it means to be…
Three religions have influenced Korean culture over the centuries: spirit worship, Buddhism and Confucianism. Christianity is growing strongly in South Korea where around 30 per cent of people now follow it. In the communist state of North Korea, all religion is banned (Guile, 2003, p. 7). Buddhism is an ancient religion that originally came from India. It spread through china and Korea and eventually came to Japan in the 6th century. Japanese people believe in the ancestors worship and have Buddhist funerals when they die (Kalman, 2002, p.15).…