What Is Ethnocentrism? Why Is Diversity Valued
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Diversity Worksheet
Answer each question in 50 to 150 words. Provide citations for all the sources you use.
1. What is diversity? Why is diversity valued?
Diversity is recognizing, understanding, and respecting the different types of race, ethnicity, gender, religion, sexual orientation, and any other individual characteristics. The diversity in this world can cause problems between one another when people do not try to understand each other’s difference. Diversity is valued because it can help the growth of our society and its standards.
2. What is ethnocentrism? In what ways can ethnocentrism be detrimental to a society?
Ethnocentrism is when one culture believes that it is higher or more powerful than …show more content…
Emigration means when a person leaves a country to go become a citizen in another country. Most of the time emigrates are considered some of the majority in the country. Immigration means when you move into another country and try to become a citizen you are an immigrant. An immigrant is considered a minority in another country.
4. What are some of the ways groups of people are identified?
There are a few ways that groups of people can be identified. The first way a person can be identified is by their race. Racial groups are set apart because of the obvious physical features. The second way a person can identify is by their ethnicity. Ethnicity groups are set apart because of their national origin. The third way a person can identify is by their religion and the fourth way is by their gender.
5. Why do people label and group other people?
I believe people label and group other people because of enculturation. When people are growing up they are taught their religious beliefs, who they should hang out with, and who they should not hang out with. If a person is taught from a young age that other people are not equal to themselves they will label them as such. If a child is brought up thinking that people with tattoos and piercings are bad, they will more than likely continue to label and group these people as they get
Diversity Worksheet
Answer each question in 50 to 150 words. Provide citations for all the sources you use.
1. What is diversity? Why is diversity valued?
Diversity is recognizing, understanding, and respecting the different types of race, ethnicity, gender, religion, sexual orientation, and any other individual characteristics. The diversity in this world can cause problems between one another when people do not try to understand each other’s difference. Diversity is valued because it can help the growth of our society and its standards.
2. What is ethnocentrism? In what ways can ethnocentrism be detrimental to a society?
Ethnocentrism is when one culture believes that it is higher or more powerful than …show more content…
Emigration means when a person leaves a country to go become a citizen in another country. Most of the time emigrates are considered some of the majority in the country. Immigration means when you move into another country and try to become a citizen you are an immigrant. An immigrant is considered a minority in another country.
4. What are some of the ways groups of people are identified?
There are a few ways that groups of people can be identified. The first way a person can be identified is by their race. Racial groups are set apart because of the obvious physical features. The second way a person can identify is by their ethnicity. Ethnicity groups are set apart because of their national origin. The third way a person can identify is by their religion and the fourth way is by their gender.
5. Why do people label and group other people?
I believe people label and group other people because of enculturation. When people are growing up they are taught their religious beliefs, who they should hang out with, and who they should not hang out with. If a person is taught from a young age that other people are not equal to themselves they will label them as such. If a child is brought up thinking that people with tattoos and piercings are bad, they will more than likely continue to label and group these people as they get