Assignment 2: The Application Paper
Keitha Williams
October 18, 2017
Argosy University
Assignment 2: The Application Paper
A multicultural society is where a diverse group of races, cultures, and different ethical background coexist together in a country, state, city, community or neighborhoods. Basically, a ground of people from different backgrounds living together in the same community. Multiculturalism is when these diverse groups have the same rights and treatment in society or by society. Multiculturalism is when different racial groups and cultures have the same opportunities, and equal rights without prejudice. Yes, the U.S. is a multicultural country. The U.S. of America has many different cultural communities,
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Matter of fact the U.S. of America is one of the most diverse multicultural countries. There’s over 200 languages spoken in the US, of course, the number 1 is English, and #2 is Spanish. In the Southeastern states this is very apparent. With 13.5 percent of the US population being immigrants, I have to say yes, the US is a multicultural country.
Multiculturalism is a controversial issue because of people prejudice towards what they don’t know or understand. Some people don’t want to know, or understand other backgrounds and beliefs. Different people with different beliefs, and cultural backgrounds believe in different things, have different views, and dislikes. Some people look at multiculturalism as a negative for their own selfish beliefs, but I think it’s a positive. Multiculturalism brings along different languages, foods, religions, and cultures and there here with us every day to learn from. These are also people that we work with, go to school with, and even some religions, so we have multiple opportunities to learn. But, some feel that immigrants are here just taking up jobs and opportunities for Americans. So, they don’t try to learn or understand why people come to this country or their beliefs and cultures. But, I don’t think they look at people as simply Americans as well, we have African Americans, Mexican Americans, Native Americans, Asian Americans, etc. So, are these people any
What is Multiculturalism? Multiculturalism is the presence of distinct cultural or ethnic groups within a society. Multiculturalism plays a big part in teenagers as well as adults life’s. For example the two tv shows The Brady Bunch and Modern Family have different cultural lenses and cultures causing them to view multiculturalism as well as diversity in different perspectives.
| Whites here in the United States are classified as individuals that have origins with the Middle East, Europeans, and North Africa (U.S. Census Bureau, 2001).
So many times the phrase "melting pot" is used to describe the United States of America. It is a country built on ideals such as freedom of speech, freedom of religion, and other basic human rights. These ideals, though they may have originated from European men labeled as liberals, eventually captured followers from all over the world. Soon, America was a mixture of peoples with different ethnic backgrounds, religions, and cultures all working together for the "American Dream."
I found the subject in this paper to be very fascinating. The subject of this particular paper is multicultural education. According to book,” multicultural education is defined as a process of educational reforms that assures that students from all groups (racial, ethnic, socioeconomic, gender, etc) experience educational equality, success, and social mobility (Cushner, K. pg.22).” In my finding of the little community of Gatesville was not very much cultural diversity.
Culture is what people learn and how they use it to maintain their lifestyle by how they were brought up. When it comes down to cultural diversity it is a culture in its own way by the elements and value of each individual and that is what make it a cultural diversity. The Hispanic that lives in the United States can be Mexican, Cuban, South/Central American and Puerto Rican or any other Spanish origin. In 1970s the term “Hispanic” came from a Census used for each individual in a Hispanic origin or culture of Mexican, Cuban, Puerto Rican, and Central/South
In sixteen years of life, I have received an opportunity to experience different cultures, learning styles, and languages. To start of, I am an American since I was born here, but the reality is that I was raised in India. My parents’ main motivation for moving back to India was because they wanted us to embrace our traditions, and most importantly, value our family relationships. We relocated back to the US at the start of 9th grade. This transition was a huge factor for transforming me as a person. I am cognizant of the two systems, cherish both, and realize that these multicultural experiences have encouraged me to grow and mature beyond my years. Relocating from a place is not as easy as one can imagine. When compared to the US, India
United States is an example of the diversity cultures, but the majority is the Hispanic culture. The Hispanic culture has been growing up so fast in this country that currently White Americans does not want them here anymore. Most of White Americans has been debatable about the theme of Hispanics because the fact that they do not speak English, get more jobs than the white people does, taking money that they should not, and think that the Hispanics are bad persons because they could be drug dealers.
Ask any American how they feel about multiculturalism you are likely to get one of two responses: either a cringe or a smile. Those that cringe will say something along the line of “Multiculturalism is the wrong way to look at things. It separates us by saying that everyone is different instead of saying that we are the same and unifying us.” Those that smile will talk about how great multiculturalism is because they get to see aspects of all different cultures on television and on the radio and they are free to explore all the different things that various cultures have to offer. In actuality, one cannot help but wonder if either of these responses reflects the true meaning of multiculturalism? What do
The history of many wrong and prejudice acts towards the First Nations, Japanese and people of colour have been known as acts of racism, aggression, and inequality to those of different culture. Therefore this country is truly not multicultural.
It is a multicultural society. Australia is truly a multicultural society. 43% of Australians were either born overseas or have a parent who was born overseas. Each year we celebrate our diversity on Harmony Day 21 of March.
| Native Americans (American Indians)As the name suggests, these were the first people (natives) who lived in North America, Alaska and Hawaii. After Europeans settled in the U.S., native
One of the most respected phenomena about the United States is its multiculturalism. After centuries of immigration, America today is a cultural melting pot shaped with a high prevalence of a diverse population originating from almost every corner of the planet. Moreover, in the wake of the liberal nature of the free world that has been made possible by a sound constitution that promotes individual liberties, the population of the United States is characterized with small minority groups that identify across certain common practices.
Multiculturalism is also known as ethnic diversity relating to communities containing multiple cultures. The term is used in two different broad ways, descriptively and normatively. By using the descriptive term, we usually refer to the simple fact of cultural diversity. This can be applied to the demographic make-up of a specific place and sometimes at the organizational level such as schools, neighborhoods or nations. The normative term is often referred to ideologies or politics that promote this diversity or its institutionalization. The United States have been a magnet for people all over the globe, searching for a better life and bringing their own culture and traditions to a new vast country. No
The side in opposition to multiculturalism firmly believes that it weakens America by keeping immigrants from adequately assimilating to the core values of America’s Anglo Protestant identity. This side believes that multiculturalism weakens the “social bond” of the United States by denying that immigrants need to assimilate to the language and values of the country’s dominant culture. The rise of non-English speaking communities is seen as a detrimental factor in the goal of achieving unity in American culture. Opponents state that immigrants coming to the United States must always lose their previous culture from their country of origin, to be able to completely assimilate to and fully embrace
Multiculturalism is the occurrence of multiple cultures within one society, fundamentally due to the influx of immigrant societies, or the approval and encouragement of this occurrence. Many people have different views of multiculturalism. The people who have a negative view towards multiculturalism tend to argue against the uniting of a wide range of different cultures, races and faiths, in their points of view multiculturalism would be seen as a “mosaic” form, which tends to occur more likely in the US than in Europe, as it would fundamentally mean that they are putting races, religions and cultures into different groups, however they are not uniting as one society, another word for that would be integration. Whereas, the people that agree