Blog Exercise #1 - Ten Aspects of Cultural Diversity
Name …Faisal Aljasmi………………….
ID …H00269278…….
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
|
Pakistani
|
kuwaity
|
Language
|
English
|
Arabic
|
urdu
|
arabic
| |
Religion
|
Religious bigotry
(a religious bigot)
|
Christian
(Protestant)
|
Muslim
(Sunni)
|
muslim
|
muslim
|
Values and beliefs
|
Socialist
|
Carnivore
|
carnivore
|
carnivore
| |
Disability
|
Ableism
|
Able
|
Able
|
able
|
able
|
Class
|
Classism
|
Middle Class
|
High Class!
|
middle class
|
high class
|
Gender
|
Sexism
(Sexist)
|
Female
|
Male
|
male
|
male
|
Age
|
Ageism
(Ageist)
|
60
|
20
|
52
|
18
|
Educational Background
|
M.Ed.
|
Undergraduate
|
undergraduated
|
high school
| |
Sexual Orientation
|
Hetrosexualist
(Homophobic)
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
2. How many countries are there in the world today? …190…..
3. How many ethnic groups are there in the world today? …100..
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? …………its old chart…………………
6. What percentage of the UAE population is Emirati in 2014? …11%..
7. Why is the percentage so small? …because UAE start to develop and they need a labor force and old hands so they gives a good monthly pension for foreigns , the geographic location helps foreigns to live in 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? ………………No………………………………………..
10. Why do you think this? ……because UAE have new challenges in in the next few years and they will need more labor force ………………………
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?
……………taking good attitudes from other cultures ……………………………
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