Blog Exercise #1 -
Name : saif
salem alhosani
ID :
H00269326
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
|
lebanese
|
Language
|
English
|
Arabic
|
ordo hindi
|
arabic
|
|
Religion
|
Religious bigotry
(a religious bigot)
|
Christian
(Protestant)
|
Muslim
(Sunni)
|
muslime
(sunni)
|
muslim
(sunni)
|
Values
and beliefs
|
Socialist
|
Carnivore
|
omnivor
|
vegetarian
|
|
Disability
|
Ableism
|
Able
|
Able
|
able
|
able
|
Class
|
Classism
|
Middle Class
|
High Class!
|
low class
|
middle class
|
Gender
|
Sexism
(Sexist)
|
Female
|
Male
|
male
|
female
|
Age
|
Ageism
(Ageist)
|
60
|
20
|
32
|
18
|
Educational
Background
|
M.Ed.
|
Undergraduate
|
uneducated
|
undergraduate
|
|
Sexual
Orientation
|
Hetrosexualist
(Homophobic)
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
2. How many
countries are there in the world today? 200+
.
3. How many
ethnic groups are there in the world today? Hundreds.
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? Around 4 to 5 .
5. What is
wrong with this chart? …………………………It’s
old……………………………………….
6. What
percentage of the UAE population is Emirati in 2014? ………11%………..
7. Why is
the percentage so small? ……because the number of foreigners coming to the
country is higher than the local babies born …….
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? ……………Not really, no…………………………………………………………..
10. Why do
you think this? …………………because of the high number of accidents and low number of
babies being born ………………………
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?
…………………People
wil be more open minded and in some cases multilingual ……………………………………………………………………
Post this on your blog by
the end of the class.
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