Blog Exercise #1 - Ten Aspects of Cultural Diversity
Name :
Mohammed Husain AL Hosani
ID :
H00226822
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 and Indonesian
|
|
|
Language
|
|
English
|
Arabic
|
English – Arabic
|
|
|
Religion
|
Religious bigotry
(a religious bigot)
|
Christian
(Protestant)
|
Muslim
(Sunni)
|
Muslims
|
|
|
Values
and beliefs
|
|
Socialist
|
Carnivore
|
Socialist
|
|
|
Disability
|
Ableism
|
Able
|
Able
|
Able
|
|
|
Class
|
Classism
|
Middle Class
|
High Class!
|
Classism
|
|
|
Gender
|
Sexism
(Sexist)
|
Female
|
Male
|
Female
|
|
|
Age
|
Ageism
(Ageist)
|
60
|
20
|
25
|
|
|
Educational
Background
|
|
M.Ed.
|
Undergraduate
|
|
|
|
Sexual
Orientation
|
Hetrosexualist
(Homophobic)
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
2. How many
countries are there in the world today? 196
3. How many
ethnic groups are there in the world today? 5000+
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? 4
5. What is
wrong with this chart? The percentage of
Emirates is so small.
6. What
percentage of the UAE population is Emirati in 2014? 19 %
7. Why is
the percentage so small? Because there is many workers in the UAE.
8. The UAE's population
strategy plans to make Emiratis the majority in the country or up to 40 per
cent, by 2021, members of the Federal National Council (FNC) told Gulf News.
9. Do you
think this will happen? Yes
10. Why do
you think this? Because the population is increased year by year.
11. Do you
have any different ethnic groups in your ancestry or your family today?
No
12. What are
the benefits of having a mixed cultural heritage? Learn more languages and different
cultures.
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