Multi-Cultural Diversity Paper

Some say love is blind. I would like to disagree. When a person falls in love with another surely, they are aware of that individuals many characteristics such as gender, race, and age. And I believe it’s those very differences which attracted people to one another. This belief of mine made the concept of Diversity Awareness very interesting to me. Within this paper, I will describe and explain why I found the Diversity Awareness concept most important to me, the implications of not applying the concept, the actions I will take to apply the concept, and the impact this new insight will have on my supervisors, peers, and subordinates.

Multicultural sensitivity when counseling individuals with disabilities is very important because it could be difficult to “see” a disability and its severity. Research, for instance, can be used to learn about the disability and how that can affect the sessions. For example, if I had a student with a Developmental and intellectual delay, like Darlene, research could be used to understand what the disabilities are and how they can affect her understanding as well as how the discussion could be word for her to understand. The student and/or the counselor can assume something not appropriate was said, when that is not what was meant. Therefore, careful consideration on the counselors part should be taken to ensure that the client can understand

Make introductions. Show appreciation for the whole person; go beyond their role and responsibilities. Add tidbits that are unique to the individual. Use the language of belonging: “This is Sara — she is part of our research team.” The word our really adds the feeling of

How do people behave? What makes us act the way we do? There are as many different answers as there are people. Each person is a unique makeup of individual characteristics which blend together to form the personality, the behavior of the person. We can identify certain broad characteristics of groups of people and apply them to individuals to get an idea of how they will behave in a given situation. This is called stereotyping and, when taken too far, will give a distorted picture of what to expect of a persons behavior. While you can never get a fully accurate picture of how someone will behave based on their demographics and characteristics, you can make certain general guesses that will point

Behavior is best defined as the unique behaviors, emotions and thought processes of an individual including the way that he or she interacts with others. While much of behavior may be thought to be innate, there are also external factors that can impact an individual's behavior. These factors have diversity and demographic characteristics; four of these factors will be discussed in this paper and the impact each has on individuals will be shown. Religion, personality traits, age and gender are thought to have the greatest impacts and therefore providing the best opportunity for discussion.

An organizations success depends on it workforce. A talented and diverse workforce lends the most opportunities for success within the organization. A diverse workforce will also impact the organizations individual human behavior. Human behavior is the collection of activities by human beings and culture, emotions, ethnicity, gender, age, socioeconomic status, sexual orientation, religion, occupation, skills and abilities, personality traits, and values. This paper will discuss the impact that race and ethnicity, age, gender, and sexual orientation have on an individual's behavior.

This paper will discuss how the theories and history of counseling impacted cultural groups. Therefore, it’s important to know the history and theories of counseling when it comes to culturally diverse groups. This knowledge helps understand better the effect and role that each cultural group plays within society. Counselors will be expected to work with culturally diverse groups in a professional and ethical way.

A corrupt creation full of covetous consumers. An overly patriotic parade home to racist radicals. An overflow of obesity. Even an influential ideology inferior to other nations. These phrases are frequently vocalized when defining America not exclusively by residents of other countries, but even more so by citizens of the United States. These phrases form a negative connotation associated with the American experience, yet for myself personally, this misconception could not be further from the truth. Through two optimistic eyes, I see an outlet for individualism, for citizens to follow and abide by personal beliefs. This glance captures the image of Americans expressing ideals. And further, Individuals who do not feel fear of being outcast for having diverse beliefs, but instead feel prompted, even encouraged to defend personal opinions. Remarkably, these images I see are not fictitious, but rather an opportunity for

As an owner of a growing automotive shop you are one day visited by a man named Jeff. Jeff runs his own lawn company and for his job he has 10 trucks, he was wondering if you would be willing to work on them for him. You show him around your shop and introduces him to your team. You have Chuck, Chuck has been with your shop for 22 years and he is a hard worker. You also have Sarah, Sarah has been with the shop for seven years and like chuck she’s a hard worker, also your last employee is Jake. Jake has been with the company for about two years he comes in after school and on the weekends. As you and Jeff sit down to discusses the opportune on how you can get the job. Jeff likes your place but he doesn’t like your workers because chuck is Muslim descent, Sarah is a female and Jake is too young. You now have a couple of options to get the contract. One, hire a third employee to

The United States is a multi-ethnic nation. In fact, according to the national census survey results, there are more than twelve races including whites, black Americans, American Indians, Chicanos (Mexican Americans) among many others in the US. With such a rich ethnic diversity, it calls for an equally rich ethnically diverse nursing workforce. An ethnically diverse workforce will, among other things, prove decisive in providing the best medical attention possible, increase efficiency in obtaining and disseminating crucial information and provide patients with options on the ways to attend to them (Huston, 2010). Furthermore, it will be important in enabling the nurses on call to undertake their duties with greater zeal due to the many options

Our lives are shaped by who we are, what we are, and where we come from. The different opportunities and life chances do matter in U.S. society in many ways. Research shows that someone's race, ethnicity, gender, social class, immigrant status, and sexual orientation, and other dimensions of identity, shape our life prospects from birth until death. Many aspects of yourself matter more than many of us want to acknowledge, because doing so means admitting that life isn’t actually an equal, and that the American dream is more easily fulfilled for some people than others. Ethnic minorities are often disadvantaged through being discriminated against at work, when looking for accommodation, health services and through various levels of law and order.

Organizations who make a commitment to diversity can see a significant impact on business in many ways. Diversity “requires a significant commitment for change to occur” (Delong, 2007, p.9). It is extremely important that leaders understand the commitment and embrace it in order for a positive impact to occur. Employers with diverse cultures and leaders can build positive and successful relationships with customers, suppliers and vendors. They can better attract and retain top talent. All of these equal more financial gain for the company.

Here at XYZ Industries Inc. we believe in diversity and we want to celebrate the nature of our diversity. Because we are a company filled with great employees from different beliefs, race, color, and sexual orientation; starting this year the office will no longer host an annual Christmas Party. We will instead host a Winter Celebration. In an effort to be more accepting of individuals from all cultures and beliefs, we will no longer partake in activities affiliated solely with Christmas such as Secret Santa,

For my multicultural experience, I went to an Easter Sunday non-denominational Christian sermon at one of the most widely known churches in my Oklahoma City, Crossings Community Church. The service consisted of many elements, from live orchestral and choral music to the incorporation of multimedia video streaming. The service lasted an hour at most but was jam packed with information. Although the service took place on Easter Sunday, the sermon topic was “love,” not a stereotypical presentation about how Jesus rose again from the dead, and all the other Easter related theme’s that might be expected, which was actually rather refreshing. Overall, the whole service was much more interesting than I thought it would be.

Great post. Reading your post on the multiracial culture made me reflect on the multiracial individuals in family. It does appear that there is an increased acceptance of multiracial individuals. However, when it comes to adoptions of multiracial children or trans adoptions the issues I would imagine run a bit deeper and possibly more complex. The couple or individual adopting a multiracial child or transadoption is truly a beaufil spirted individual. Not only will they deal with the stares, questions, stigma and in some cases, being ostersied by the family, the child will most likely have questions and issues. There are a number of ways parents can help to culturally educated their bi-racial or transadopted child by introducing their culture