Globalisation and rapid development of economies has resulted into more multinational corporations worldwide which in turn developed more demand for managers who are skilled in working with employees from countries other than their own and who are familiar with global management. It’s often observed that…
Essays on Discrimination
Clash is a part of man, so it is a wide range of socio-cultural and professional relations. Those who do not experience conflict in the workplace are living in the dream world, their environment blind or in solitary confinement (Boehar, 2001). Over the past several…
Social norms are culture specific and are thought to guide behaviour appropriate for the cultural context and reduce risk of interpersonal conflict. This social coordination is facilitated by verbal and nonverbal communications cultures modulate and engage in. How we communicate, what interactions we label as…
Each individual in their background faces cultural conflict or struggle. It happens when two distinct societies, qualities, conventions or practices of various individuals faces one another and have an alternate arrangement of sentiments and so on. Cultural conflict is a serious ordinary phenomenon and it…
Introduction To possess the ability of recognizing all aspects of this research paper, the primary question it has been derived from must be interpreted, that is, learning the question that will be answered through this paper. Cultural differences are what is recognized as diverse behaviors…
In 1968, the Supreme Court validated a common police practice called stop and frisk, provided a police officer could justify the action as reasonable suspicion (Carbado, 2017). Currently policing agencies apply to stop and frisk prophylactically. For instance, the officers stop tens, hundreds or thousands…
In the landmark Supreme Court Case Terry v. Ohio, the United States Supreme Court held that a person’s fourth amendment right to a protection from unreasonable searches and seizures is not violated when an officer stops him or her without a probable cause to arrest,…
In the early stages of United States history following the events of WW2, the use of stop and search procedures where officers would flood the streets after a reported crime to question individuals in urban, low income, and predominantly black neighborhoods became a staple method…
Police officers have one duty it is to protect and help every person in need no matter what color or height. Sometimes, completing task can be hard for officers but it’s their job to accomplish safety for others. The Stop and frisk programs are created…
Abstract: In this paper “Polices Targeting Minorities in the United States”, there are two different polices that will discussed. The first policy is Stop and Frisk and the second is the 3-strike law, these policies are made were decrease crime and violence but by doing…
Is pluralism the best system for advanced societies? According to Schumaker: yes, and it is the only workable system. To decide whether pluralism is an effective method, there must first be a general understanding of what pluralism is and how it works. Pluralism is a…
Being classified according to human-designed categories (Ferrante, 2013) I am a White female, 19 years of age, a student who grew up in a middle-class home. “It is clear that social class hierarchy makes assumptions about the relative importance of the ownership of wealth.” (Bilton,…
Whenever the words, “freedom of speech” are spoken, they bring about much debate. Under Article 10 of the UK’s Human Rights Act of 1998, “everyone has the freedom of expression”. However, it is not as absolute as one would believe it to be as this…
As the demographics of the United States evolve into the melting pot it was intended to be it is imperative, we inspect and address the lack of diversity within the nursing community and what can be done to remedy the situation. Historically the nursing profession…
Pondering upon religion there’s a sectarian divide as Muslims are bifurcated into Sunnis and Shias, the other religion being Christianity, Parsis etcetera. They are the two largest groups in the country. Shia constitutes 17% of the country’s total population whereas the rest 83% are Sunnis…
You are never too old to show off your passion for work. Age discrimination is a problem that affects older adults workers and it’s a major issue. Around the 1960s the age discrimination employment act of 1967 was created, and it protected “certain applicants and…
Misogyny has always been an issue in the media. The over-sexualization of women is appalling and extremely degrading. This problem often slips unnoticed because we have become desensitized to it. It’s never viewed as a problem, instead, it’s become normal to overly sexualize females in…
Many organizations, including tech giants like Google, YouTube, Facebook, Microsoft, have been paying much attention to diversity that can reinforce organizational flexibility to receive a competitive advantage, whereas minimizing threats. Nevertheless, the development of a diverse workforce in numerous organizations still struggles with gender, social…
The main goal of a pre-service program in the field of education is preparing student-teachers to become certified teachers which are pedagogically equipped with the right theories and skills that will help them meet the continuous demands of the teaching profession in the future (Bransford,…
What does it mean to be culturally diverse? According to the Oxford dictionary, cultural diversity is defined as “The existence of a variety of cultural or ethnic groups within a society.” What is your religion? What is your ethnic identity? Would you like to travel?…
The Culture Care Theory is a concept centered on the rapidly changing world. The roots of this theory reflect on Leininger’s nursing practice and branch off from her past experiences and creative thinking while in the field. The purpose of this theory is to reveal…
Discrimination happens when an employer treats one employee differently than another employee. It could mean that a female employee is being paid less than a male colleague for doing the same job. Also, it could involve employees being refused the training opportunities offered to other…
When MTV started airing in the early 1980s, music videos became the center of pop culture in a manner that they had not done before the inception of the channel. From this time onward, music videos have become an integral part of the music industry,…
Various authors view this concept differently. According to Squelch, Lemmer & Dekker (1993:35) multicultural education is a multiple education program providing multiple learning environments that match the needs of learners. It is an intervention and an ongoing assessment that helps institutions and individuals become more…
In olden times, our ancestors followed different lifestyles which varied widely from territory to territory. Back then, there weren’t specific divided boundaries to divide the land into states and countries. Monarchy prevailed then. Each territory followed a certain pattern of living which influenced their literature,…
With all these innovations in technology, we became a globalized world. We live in a multicultural and pluralistic society so we need to teach and pass values to our children to be unified and lessen the prejudices or misconceptions. But to achieve success, we should…
According to the definition offered by Weng (2017), a social construct is an artificial distinction created by people to create a form of division that allows one group to show dominance over another group. The social construct of race in the United States originated from…
Diversity in simple words means having a variety of things. If we are talking about diversity in the workplace, it means a workplace concludes employees of different gender, the age group with separate religious beliefs and cultural backgrounds, etcetera. Having a diversification of employees at…
No matter where you look in the news, there is talk about racial lines. With the rise of the Black Lives Matter movement in the last few years as well as discussion about wage gaps and physical barriers between countries and races, it is obviously…
What does it mean to argue that race is a social construction, rather than a biological reality? What is the political significance of rejecting a biological view of race? In the documentary film, “Race—The Power of an Illusion: The House We Live In,” the historian…
For our cultural analysis of Venezuela, we touched on all the different aspects that make up culture, which was based on Figure 2.1 (Components of Culture) from the textbook. The eight components that make up culture are Values & Attitudes, Manners & Customs, Social Structure,…
Diversity encloses all those differences that make us unique, understanding that different factors make us unique while also respecting each person’s individual differences. Diversity represents but is not limited to, race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, age, physical abilities, religious beliefs, political beliefs, or…
Moving from one culture to another is exciting, but it is also a very stressful experience. While you are transitioning from your own culture, from everything familiar to you to a completely new one, it almost always results in a culture shock. Culture shock is…
Moving to another country is always going to be an exciting experience at first; we imagine visiting new places, meeting new people, and most of all, trying different things than what we are used to. But what happens when all this becomes difficult because everything…
What is culture shock? This means not having the same customs and traditions as in other places, let’s talk about people from different parts of the world, who come to live in Mexico, and who are surprised by many things when they arrive in our…
Culture and its behavior are a sturdy part of everyone’s life. It has a major impact on our perspectives, our values, humor, hopes, believes, and worries. According to my, learning about other cultures motivate us to visit and experience unique heritage and practices around the…
This article is devoted to the study of the concept of culture shock and methods of overcoming it. The paper also discusses the causes and effects of this feeling. Let us imagine the minute when you lend in a new country to…
Introduction The United States, known as “the melting pot”, consists of people from various regions. It’s nearly impossible for us to understand every single race thoroughly, that’s why people came up with stereotypes. A stereotype is “an over-generalized belief about a particular category of people”…
In the mid twentieth century, Asian foreigners were denied citizenship, and even American-conceived residents of Asian parentage experienced foundational lawful, social, and financial segregation that consigned them to below average citizenship. Over the previous century, Asian Americans have fought for equivalent consideration in the United…
Similar to other racial and ethnic, the process of Asian communities’ seeking for equal opportunities and citizenship rights in the Unites States has been meandering. Asian immigrants were, as other racial minorities, subject to the Anglo-American’s perception that people of color are inferior and threat…
Countless Asian Americans from generations past and present have faced an excruciating amount of racial predjudice and discrimination, trying to practice the cultural beliefs and virtues in which they were raised. Due to the overwhelming scrutiny and racial injustice they endured, many Asian Americans decided…
Numerous individuals accept that with regards to applying to top colleges, Asians have it the best everything being equal. Not exclusively are they ‘normally keen,’ they are likewise a minority demonstrating they can receive the rewards of governmental policy regarding minorities in society; thus they…
On October 30, 2018 during an interview, President Trump told Jonathan Swan and Stef W. Kight of AXIOS, that his administration is in the process of filing an Executive order to repeal the 14th Amendment. He intends to revoke the birthright citizenship to children born…
During the 19th century, slavery became more of a predominant role in the United States. The formation of rules and regulations of slaves and free African Americans was in the process of being established. However, the purpose of most laws were to be authoritative rather…
In W.E.B. DuBois’s Of Our Spiritual Strivings and Walter Johnson’s No Rights Which the White Man Is Bound to Respect, the theme of “being a problem” or “being a burden” is recurring it is very hard to shake. Your sense of identity really takes a…
Criminal Profiling When we hear the term ‘criminal profiling’ we often think that it is the police, stereotyping, and generalizing a whole minority community to fit the criteria associated with a criminal description. There are more things that we should bring into factor when analyzing…
When we hear the word trans, it’s mostly associated with sexuality and gender, however, a new concept has come up.. The act of associating with a race other than the one you were born into. Identifying with a race that diverges from your ‘birth ethnicity’…
We are all born into a certain culture. This culture is mostly defined by the community we belong to and is also influenced by the human nature and personality, according to Hofstede. I am raised between two cultures, due to the fact that I am…
Black sexualities are rarely ever depicted on-screen in a positive light as they are shamed and punished for expressing themselves in a similar way that white sexualities have been normalized and accepted for. This racial bias is clearly emphasized in the form of narrative storytelling…
Abstract: With time comes progress, and as humans we tend to follow the route that’s most feasible leading us in that direction. When we “humans” discovered agriculture, universally we came to the realization of its significance, and how progress could be made there. Its salient…
In the study of Williams (2013) the author explores the concept of gender inequality and how it is manifested in the workplace. In society, it is evident that jobs are divided by gender as jobs like nursing and teaching are female-dominated and professions like engineering…
Not many Americans know of the small Caucasus Mountains country of Georgia (Leonidovich), and if one was to talk about Georgia the listener’s response may be along the lines of, “Oh, Georgia, do you mean the state?” No, not the American state of peaches and…
The West Asian region is made up of 22 countries, which has been a cradle for three monotheistic religions. A eminent diversity exists among the people of this region due to their prominent location, shared historical experiences of undergoing colonialism and imperialism as a result…
Race is one of the correlates of crime receiving attention in academic studies, government surveys, media coverage, and public concern. Roughly eight-in-ten blacks with at least some college experience (81%) say they’ve experienced racial discrimination, at least from time to time, including 17% who say…
Peter Higgins offers ways in which men can be just as oppressed as women in Three Hypotheses for Explaining the So-Called Oppression of Men. By doing so, Higgins’ goal is to explain how the expectations imposed on men being directly linked to their masculinity is…
For this assignment, I have chosen (Black Youth Project) BYP100 as my advocate. BYP100 is a black youth activism organization that was founded in 2013 by Cathy Cohen with the aim of bringing systems of anti-blackness in the society to an end (About BYP100, n.d.)….
According to the film entitled Gattaca by Andrew Niccol, the director presents the life of Vincent Freeman, “a genetically unenhanced” individual, who has been alienated from society due to his imperfections in genes (Niccol). In Gattaca, genetically engineered individuals were considered to be more powerful…
The challenges in bridging the gap of student alienation in school settings has been a hot topic in the media in recent years. Alienation can be defined as “a decreasing sense of belonging in terms of learning, teachers and classmates at school” (Hascher & Hadjar,…
Culture has a significant influence on how we communicate and interact with the world and others. Consequently, lack of awareness and knowledge of other cultures in a working context can lead to breakdowns in cross-cultural communication which can have a significant impact on later working…
Imagine living under the thumb of a man like Kim Jong Un or Adolf Hitler. Starvation, repression in expressing opinions or religion, and constant fear of war and nuclear disaster is apparent in the poor lives living under their direct control. This is the case…
With the passing of the years the human being has been changing your perspective with regard to the environment that surrounds it; In regard to the patriarchal system implemented by the man in the antiquity, possessed a thought extremely authoritarian, sought to exercise power in…
“Everyone wants a strong woman until she actually stands up, flexes her muscles, projects her voice. Suddenly, she’s too much. She’s forgotten her place…” Throughout the novel, Nervous Conditions, by Tsitsi Dangarembga, gender inequality is a large theme. Dangarembga depicts the complex and difficult trials…
The extract provided for this essay is revelatory of how heaven fell down upon earth for Tambu as she was making the transition from village life to a mission school. Climbing onto Babamukuru’s car with the knowledge that she was parting with the routine of…
The study of and significance of Black culture, fashion, and overall personification has often been seen as negligible within many aspects of academic study and intellectual conversation in general. We understand fashion, style, and art to be particularly important to the study of Black expressive…
Pocahontas was written in 1995 as a boost to Disney to gain popularity through diversity in character and cast. But what parlous choices were made for their benefit? To create the 33rd full length animated feature, 1st to be based on real-life events, and to…
Introduction From the beginning, we born with zero knowledge and no choice for us to choose our citizenship and skin identifications. It is hard to understand the reason people reinforce the idea of specifications could make us different than the others. The truth is there…
The novel Black Like Me follows a man named John Howard Griffin beginning in the city of New Orleans. Griffin had an unusual concept he wanted to pursue, he wanted to turn his Caucasian skin into that of an African American man. The reasoning behind…
“For so long as we condone injustice by a small but powerful group, we condone the destruction of all social stability, all real peace, all trust in man’s good intentions toward his fellow man.” John Howard Griffin, Black Like Me. People have always expressed their…
Most people in the world recognize the troubles and prosecution that African Americans receive from people with different color skin, but there is only one man who would purposely position himself to deal with the hate given by people with white skin. While hiding his…
In the movie, preys and predators live together in a metropolis known as Zootopia. However, a few of the predators turned savage unexpectedly. It depends on Judy Hopps, a determined and strong-willed rabbit as well as Nick Wilde, a typical sly fox who in the…
James Baldwin was a writer in the mid twenty centuries. He was born 1924 and died in 1987. The time period of he lived was the period of the turmoil and oppression. During his life time he experienced the second world war and the cold…
With the birth of civilization humanity unleashed a great evil unto the world. Oppression. Something that has managed to survive to this very day. Hurston radical persona was forged by the standards and prejudgment that society compels the mass to abide by. Hurston argues despite…
Many authors explain being black and the issues of race in America differently. Authors like W.E.B Du Bois, Zora Neale Hurston, and Toni Morrison all use different types of narration, point-of view, and engagement with historical context to touch base with the issues of race…
Imagine yourself in a cramped room. Encircled by friends, one a voice shouts, “Drink, drink!”, another joins in, then another. Within seconds, amid the deafening chant, you give in and feel the burning bitterness crawl down your throat as you drink the shot of vodka.This…
Introduction Peers are basically the people of your age or close to it who have experiences and interests similar to yours. Peers form an integral part of our life. As we become more independent, our peers naturally play a greater role in your life. Peer…
Introduction The 2001 movie Shrek, tells the tale of an unsociable ogre who lives in a secluded swamp. He loves being alone, but he is soon accompanied by a talkative donkey who wants to be his friend. Shrek’s world gets turned upside down when he…
I currently live in Dorchester, my neighborhood is only one street surrounded with Victorian houses. I had a discussion with my neighbors about their identities in our neighborhood. Most of them said even though most of the inhabitant were not born in United States they…
Introduction Over 17 million Asian or Asian-American people have classified themselves in the 2010 U.S. Census Bureau, yet this flourishing population has been rendered unseen and unapparent in Hollywood films. Today, only a handful of Asians invisibly comprise Hollywood’s leading roles. Since the endless beginning…
Cultural diversity means having many different cultures in a particular region. It helps us to learn about so many different people, their way of living life according to their customs and beliefs. It creates our interests in other cultures to such an extent that we…
Whenever the words, “freedom of speech” are spoken, they bring about much debate. Under Article 10 of the UK’s Human Rights Act of 1998, “everyone has the freedom of expression”. However, it is not as absolute as one would believe it to be as this…
Let me ask you this, do the majority of people look up to Donald Trump, the president of the United States? Do people respect and agree with what he posts on his Twitter account? How many people get offended by him everyday? In today’s world,…
Chapter one focuses on the patient and their Cultural differences, and how as nurses, we are to provide care to everyone in a relative communicational way. Taking into consideration their personal beliefs, values, religious values and being able to incorporate a plan of care for…
We have seen a lot on the internet people fighting over a speech, even some press charges for not sharing the same perspectives and few people went to jail because of it. Then a question arises, if we believe in the idea of a free…
The Crusades were a series of war where the Christians fought the Seljuk Turks during 1095, as the Turks came and took control of Jerusalem. They then persecuted the Christian pilgrims who tried to visit Jerusalem; the beloved “Holy Land” to them. The Byzantine ruler…
Claude McKay’s work is an authentic representation of the Harlem Renaissance and the struggles of racism and prejudice in the 1920s. The poem “If We Must Die,” written by McKay in 1919, demonstrates the theme of fighting against oppression by using the symbolism of war,…
Andrew Marvell’s “Ametas and Thestylis Making Hay Ropes” is an entertaining critique of the limitations in the 16th century. The oppression applied by the those who occupied power on literature had deeply influenced the characteristic of classic literature that is still being analyzed and as…
There is no doubt that during the early 1900s there was a large amount of sexism, especially towards women and their responsibilities, abilities, and their work. At the time there was no exception in the world of illustration. Women were not allowed to use nude…
The United Nations adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights after the Second World War. Plenty of controversial opinions were discussed during the drafting period to decide whether or not to provide restrictions on the right to freedom of expression. A heated discussion was held…
Luis Valdez mixed art and politics in his writing, like “Zoot Suit” which focuses on the Zoot Suit Riots that occurred in Los Angeles during the 1940s. The Zoot Suit Riots were a series of violent clashes between U.S. servicemen who would attack young Latinos…
What Is Sociological Imagination? Emphasizing the importance of recognizing the connections between social structure and individual experience, C. Wright Mills illustrates time and time again that personal troubles are in fact actually public issues because they result from social problems that affect many. “The sociological…
Ageist Basic Leadership In western culture, the age of a man has come to be the measuring stick by which he or she is esteemed or downgraded. Ageism traverses all life stages, but it is acknowledged that the broadest yet significant impacts are found in…
Whatever the inequality is, I want to focus on age restrictions and discrimination. Imagine your own transition to adulthood. After all, this period is accompanied not only by established social formal and informal restrictions, but the process of growing up is also associated with ageism….
Introduction Despite that the Gagauz settled in Bessarabia at the end of the 18th and the beginning of the 19th century under the general name of Bulgarian settlers, they settled separately from these and formed communities according to the ethnic criteria. The Features of Gagauz…
Trade and Cooperation Among the magnificent historical wonders, the Silk Road is of particular significance. This is the longest historical trade route starting from Far East and reaching up to Europe and East Africa. Actually, this is a network of trade routes intersecting each other…
Do we always look at an elderly person and immediately assume that they will not be productive, they will not be adaptable, they can’t perform their job? Or do we give them an opportunity? Because it’s our mindset then that determines whether we want to…
Introduction “Everyone all ages, all genders, all nationalities is old or future old.” Says Ashton Applewhite, the most well-known anti-ageism activist. Does it seem fair that the younger generations make elder’s feel less worthy simply because they are old? How would you feel if your…
Introduction The Islamic Revolution is a historic event that is often portrayed in many inaccurate stories. Marjane Satrapi, the author of Persepolis shares with her readers a true insight of not just what the Islamic Revolution was but what it was like to live in…
Pressing Problems One of the biggest challenge that the world, my country and my local community faces is the challenge of ‘Quality Education’. I believe that there is a lack of funding for education in my locality, my nation and the whole world which leads…
In his message to the [UC Davis] Campus Community, Chancellor Ralph J. Hexter addresses the protests against the hate speech made by guest speakers, Milo Yiannopoulo and Martin Shkreli. Hate speech can be defined as the “attack of a person or group on the basis…
In the novel, Kindred by Octavia Butler, the perspective of the author was told through Dana, the protagonist of the novel. It initially started as she found herself in a dangerous situation where she needed to save a boy, named Rufus, which is in imminent…
