Blog Exercise #1 - Ten Aspects of Cultural Diversity
Name Ateeq Al Hameli …………………….
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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
|
India
|
Australian
|
Language
|
English
|
Arabic
|
English
|
English
|
|
Religion
|
Religious bigotry
(a religious bigot)
|
Christian
(Protestant)
|
Muslim
(Sunni)
|
Muslim
(Sunni) |
Muslim
(Sunni)
|
Values
and beliefs
|
Socialist
|
Carnivore
|
Carnivore
|
Socialist
|
|
Disability
|
Ableism
|
Able
|
Able
|
Able
|
Able
|
Class
|
Classism
|
Middle Class
|
High Class!
|
High Class
|
High Class
|
Gender
|
Sexism
(Sexist)
|
Female
|
Male
|
Male
|
Male
|
Age
|
Ageism
(Ageist)
|
60
|
20
|
25
|
25
|
Educational
Background
|
M.Ed.
|
Undergraduate
|
Undergraduate
|
MS
|
|
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?
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? 5
5. What is
wrong with this chart? The percentage of Emarati citizens
6. What
percentage of the UAE population is Emirati in 2014? 11.5%
7. Why is
the percentage so small? because the number of foreigners are increases wich makes the number of Emarati citizens population decrease
8. The UAE's population
strategy plans to make Emiratis the majority in the country or up to 50 per
cent, by 2020 members of the Federal National Council (FNC) told Gulf News.
9. Do you
think this will happen? Actually, I think it is impossible
10. Why do
you think this? Because there's gonna be more construction in The UAE for the Expo 2020 which needs more workers and thats gonna increase the percentage or foreigners and decrease the percentage of Emarati citizens
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? The benefits is that we will start sharing thoughts and beliefs and that will develop our thoughts and will make us have a better look for the future
