Anti Bias Curriculum For Children And Families From Different Backgrounds

Children who come from a lower social economic background are more likely to be in poverty themselves. This can lead to lower expectations of the child from both parents and also the education system, leaving them little or no hope of getting out of poverty even though they may have the ability to do so.

Others have claimed the poor families remain poor over generations because of lack of family values. This lack promotes teen pregnancy, children being raised by welfare, and single moms. Others claims that poor youths especially nonwhites see work, education, and marriage as something they despise. Why do they despise these things? Because they see these as symbols of the middle class social structure.

When a family cannot fulfil their role, support outside the family is available to help with satisfying specific needs, building relationships and promoting wellbeing. Support available to families and individuals are resources that are economic, non-economic, human, non-human, formal and informal. The literatures on the subject of discrimination, families and support in the community, are in agreement that discrimination, when it does happen, has a negative impact on families accessing support and this in turn has a negative impact on family

Poor parents are held to a higher standard than parents who are well- off. Parents of color are held to a higher standard than white parents. The system targets poor parents because financial instability is one of the most often causes for a case of “neglect”. Most of these parents love their children and do anything to take care of them. Rather than being helped they have their kids taken away. Poor parents who work may not be able to afford a babysitter. They may leave their children at home

Teacher bias towards impoverished individuals could also factor heavily on the academic performances of a child. Disadvantaged students are seen as being " discriminated against by teachers" (Dotts, 53).

The final chapter of Nickel and Dimed by Barbara Ehrenreich, “Evaluation”, states about low income families being almost invisible to the mid to high income families. This observation is valid because walking around places, Walmart, Kmart, etc., a person cannot distinguish what class the person is in. Poorer families are also rarely portrayed on television or other forms of entertainment, unless the show is about people getting arrested, since most people only find higher class, comfortable people interesting.

They are often seen as “stupid” or “lazy” etc. because of their inability to find work. Kids get made fun of at school for being poor, or not having the newest things, parents of the kids are ridiculed and seen as bad parents for not being able to provide above and beyond what their kid needs. “Poverty and discrimination are linked. Discrimination based on ethnicity, race or gender directly influences economic opportunity through a complex set of institutional effects in families, schools and work settings.” www.psysr.org (psysr poverty and discrimination pages). Poverty stricken families are discriminated against all the time, and in many different ways. This shows how unfair society is against people who struggle economically. This is because people who are poor are looked down upon like they do not matter, and are seen as charity cases. Discrimination against the poor, or people of different classes is called classism. “Classism is when someone is treated differently because of their class, or perceived class. Classism is similar in many ways to racism, sexism, and other forms of oppression.” www.classism.org (classism/ about class). Classism is a very real thing in the world. It is easy for people to assume that someone is poor and treat them like they are less than them because of them being poor. This shows that the lower class can and are discriminated because of their socioeconomic status, they are ridiculed and cut down because of it. Sometimes classism flows from people on the street to even law enforcement. “Research indicates that people living in poverty are subjected increasingly and disproportionately to a range of administrative and legal policy measures that seek to criminalize, penalize, segregate, and surveil them because of their situation. Such measures include laws that explicitly target people living in poverty (e.g., laws prohibiting vagrancy, begging and panhandling), laws and

Subsequent to perusing both perspectives in our content, I agree it is really a tad bit of both, contingent upon the individual you inquire. I concur with accuse the poor for different reasons. Example, the general population who lounges around throughout the day doing nothing and having loads of children so they get more government rewards. But I think there are a lot of chances and occupations out there for individuals willing to work for them. From my very own experience, I have seen and lived on both sides of these perspectives. I have seen a portion of the lower class understudies make extraordinary progress and I have seen some privileged understudies go the other way. Numerous government funded schools have projects to counterbalance

Society owes the children of the poor a fair start at life. "In the United States today, children under age 18 have the highest rate of poverty" (Kendall, 2015, p.243). These children start out behind. They may not have enough food to eat three meals a day, a bed to get a good night's sleep on, or the technology needed to do homework. If every child's basic needs are met, then that child can focus on school. There will still be kids who have more advantages because their family can afford more. That's not a problem. But it's unfair for a child to start out in a situation that sets them up to fail. Everyone should be given a chance to succeed and that means they need to start life with the basic necessities available to them. Their parent(s)

As mentioned earlier there are stereotypes that come with socioeconomic status, including that children from low socioeconomic status families tend to not perform as well in school as children from higher socioeconomic status families. This is not because the children from low socioeconomic status have a deficiency that causes them to underperform, but rather it is because there is an expectation that the children will not do as well and so the children walk into the classroom facing a losing battle (Schmitt-Wilson, 2013, p 228). The education that a child receives in the earliest years of their life sets up a framework for the education through the rest of their lifetime (Stull, 2013, p 54). That being said, if a child does not receive the best education in the earliest years of their schooling, it is not surprising when they do not do as well in school and do not seek higher education after high school. Another common stereotype is that children from low socioeconomic status will not go on to get high paying jobs, but even if this is true it is not

The stigma against the poor has been alive and well since the poor have existed. The unlucky not so few that have been poor throughout time have always been a scapegoat for the problems society was facing. Not only have they had to deal with the actual condition of being poor, but they’ve had to deal with the image that goes along with that as well. According to Marin (2014), back in the medieval times, the poor were told that not only were they put in this situation, but they were going to Hell for it. The churches viewed them as people who just didn’t want to work, or refused to and this was going against being a good working citizen. Then later on, these theory of social darwinism came along. That was a view that the poor were just people that were meant to be weaned out of society by the survival of the fittest. It was believed that they were meant to be poor, and that this was just the master plan of the universe that they were to be poor, and there was no use in stopping it. I believe a lot of this carries on today. A majority of people believe that those on programs such as welfare are only mooching off of the government because they’re too lazy. That is not the majority of people. This is a population in need of help, and they’re receiving it just to stay afloat in their lives. They can’t survive without it. It’s either carry the stigma on your back or be in worse shape than you were.

Another way to provide education is through reading. Barnes & Nobles partnered with the Anti-Defamation League to produce several books including Hate Hurts: How Children Learn and Unlearn Prejudice and 101 Ways to Combat Prejudice that were designed to be educational resources for individuals to learn more about prejudices and diversity. Businesses and schools can include resources like these and diversity training to enhance their employees’ understanding of diversity. These methods can help improve understanding and encourage employees to develop a diversity

The majority of low income families are minorities. Some people who have no jobs and for those who have jobs, their wages are usually very low and they may end up turning to crime and

As organizations become increasingly global, the success of organizations is dependent on the leaders skills in merging diverse cultures in building high performance teams across multiple countries. Global organizations are required to adapt to continuous changes in culturally diverse global business environment. Multinational leaders must become adapt to leading a culturally diverse workforce if the organization is to become transcontinental. Therefore, there must be an emphasis on diversity training and cultural sensitivity training across the organization, especially among members of leadership. Inclusive leadership has been presented as the most applicable global leadership style as businesses make the transition from a local to global mindset. This synopsis is about an organization that has become increasingly global and diverse in nature. The multicultural leader has been tasked with developing and implementing a cultural mindset that allows diversity to thrive, without decreasing productivity, among a multicultural group of employees

In class, we had three guest speakers that came to talk to our Diversity class. The first two were a pair, that included Wayne Hawk and Jewel Mosley-Edmonds. Hawk’s speech covered information on how to achieve the Child Abuse and Neglect Certificate, and Jewel spoke more in depth about the social work program. The third guest speaker was Jim Ritcher; who presented a lecture on privilege.