The Disability

Visiting the future center made a big different in my life. This trip let me thank god for everything that I have and also I learnt that we should not marry from our family so we don’t bring children that they will suffer all their life. Also we should not discriminate between us and them but to treat them and talk to them normally.

Quotations Quiz

Goal 3 Culture & Communication

 

Outcome 4

 

Name: Shams Mohamed  ID# H00252674                        Name: Hamda AlQubaisi  ID#H00247755

 

 

With a partner, research the internet to find the missing categories. Write the meaning of the quote in your own words from your own ideas:

 

Cultural Views

Speaker	Quote	Meaning
Dwight Eisenhower	A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both.	people must be sacrifice privileges in order to get their integrity.
Martin Luther King Jr.	All men are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality.	our lives are unavoidably connected with each other that we share a common destiny and that our fates are necessarily intertwined to some extent.
Sheik Zayed	A nation without a past is a nation without a present or a future. Thanks to God, our nation has a flourishing civilisation, deep-rooted in this land for many centuries. These roots will always flourish and bloom in the glorious present of our nation and in its anticipated future.	Any country that doesn’t value its past, can’t appreciate its present or future. This country, thanks to God, has a rich past, does well for now and its expected future.
Amin Maalouf	Every individual is a meeting ground for many different allegiances, and sometimes these loyalties conflict with one another and confront the person who harbors them with difficult choices.	Every individual has his own loyalties and sometimes it effects on one another and they might have difficulties with their choices.
Mohandas Gandhi	A nation’s culture resides in the hearts and souls of its people.	The people like to save their nation and keep it in their hearts and souls.
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.	Traditions must be respected and that we don’t discriminate between man and women and we must treat them equally
ML 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.	God doesn’t care about skin color. God cares about freedom for everyone.
1.      Desmond Tutu	My humanity is bound up in yours, for we can only be human together.	Humanity is what makes us human. In other words, being human isn't just being born on Earth, but the way we treat each other is the humanity within us. Therefore, we are connected to one another by the fact of being humane.
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?	Looking at the earth from space, one wonders why we can’t get along decently.
1.      Pablo Casals	The love of one’s country is a splendid thing, but why should it stop at the border?	We love our country but why don’t we love other countries the same too.
DD. Eisenhower	The day will come when the people will make so insistent their demand that there be peace in the world that the Governments will get out of the way and let them have peace.	If people of the world can’t get along, nothing will work.
1.      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?	Why the Arab countries does not get friendly fast as they get together quickly for war
1.      Martin Luther King	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.	The people should not be judged because of the skin color and they must be treated equally.
Amin Maalouf	For it is often the way we look at other people that imprisons them within their own narrowest allegiances. And it is also the way we look at them that may set them free.	The way we see people may let them feel free or may let them feel bad.

 

 

 

 

 

Are Emiratis Ethnocentric?

1.     Indians are maids and workers in UAE.

2.     Europeans bring their products from their countries to sell it UAE.

3.     Philippians work in UAE as waiters.

4.     China sells their hand maids and fake electronics in UAE.

5.     France sells their brands and perfumes in UAE.

A Class Divided

The class divided movie shows that we should not discriminate between people because of their skin color, eyes color or because they are rich or poor. The movie firstly showed how the kids they look at the black people as a dirty thing and do not respect them but after the teacher made an experiment on them and let them experienced the thing by telling them at first that the blue eyed colors are smarter and they should not play with brown eyed colors and the next day she told them that no the brown eyed colors are the smarter and they should not play with the brown eyed color which effected both groups when they experienced it by letting them depressed and not happy and let them down. The kids had a lesson and knew that they should not make any difference between them and the black people instead they have to be their friends and to respect them to let them happy because they are humans.

Drawing of ethnocentric situation

Ethnocentric Cartoon Task

Ethnocentrism

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

Individual believe that they are better than other individual for reason based solely on heritage.

 

 

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

He thinks that his culture is the best and other cultures are just losers and no need to watch them and know about other cultures.

3. 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

 

Bucky will only associate with people from his culture and he will go to events that only related to his culture.

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

Tom likes to know about other cultures and willing to associate with other different cultures and goes to all kinds of events and co-operate with them.

Quiz 2

Quiz – What are Multiculturalism, Assimilation and Acculturation?

 

Quiz – What are Multiculturalism, Assimilation and Acculturation?

 

True or False? If FALSE, write the TRUE answer.

 

 

1. A Multicultural society can be described as a society with a single set of values.	False, A multicultural society can be described as a society with a multiple set of value
2. A “salad bowl” represents varied and separate cultures.	True
3. One aspect of Multiculturalism is respecting different cultures.	True
4. Cultural Diversity can be represented by a “melting pot”	false Salad bowl
5. Acculturation means learning the culture of your birth country.	False. Enculturation

 

 

Define in your own words:

 

1. “Melting Pot” mixing many cultures

2. “Salad Bowl” different culture mixed together

3. “Assimilation” learning a new culture and forget the old one

4. “Acculturation” learning the culture of the new country

5. “Enculturation” learning the first culture

 

Complete the sentence with words from the text:

 

Acculturation often results in changes to Culture, Customs and social institution, as well as changes in food, Clothing and language .

Give a synonym:

 

varied	Many	respect	Esteem	dominate	Control
multiple	Collective	central	Basic	interacting	Relating
specific	Exact	represents	Signifies	adopt	Accept

                   

Give the opposite:

 

varied	Same	respect	Disrespect	gradually	Rapidly
multiple	Single	common	Rare	dominant group	Weak group
specific	General	contrasted with	Compare to	adopt	Reject

 

 

 

 

 

 

Culture and Personality in Anthropology

 

Read the section about Culture and Personality in Anthropology. Answer these questions about that section:-

 

1. Define “Anthropology” in your own words

A Scientific studies of different cultures

2. Define “movement” in this context

The change of personality

3. What do you understand by “socialization of children” Give an Example?

Teaching a child the value and norms of the culture. Raising the children in different way will give them different personality ex: at school and teaching the children to respect others

4. Read this sentence again and give examples of childrearing in different societies and cultures: “socialization creates personality patterns. It helps shape people’s emotions, thoughts, behaviors, cultural values and norms to fit into and function as productive members in the surrounding human society. The study of culture and personality demonstrates that different socialization practices such as childrearing in different societies (cultures) result in different personality types.”

         The ability to provide shelter.
        The skills and behaviors that the child gains from parents.
        Different culture effect the child

5. Read this sentence again and say to what extent you agree: “all humans are the same when born, but childrearing in different society’s cause’s deviations in behavior and personalities from each other.”

I agree, the family is taking a full responsible of their children. It depends on the behavior and responsibility of the parents toward their children

6. Reflect on the reading above. Can you see a link between your culture and your personality? Think about that in relation to your own culture first, and then think about personality and culture in a different society. Reflect. Give examples.

Yes, as being a Muslim it's from our culture and I was affected by my parents to become a Muslim