Multicultural Reflection

Communicators who succeed in a diverse workplace must educate themselves about different cultures and co-cultures. Treating people from different cultural backgrounds with respect is essential. Finally, being willing to acknowledge and discuss cultural differences can help communicators understand and appreciate one another. The impact of culture and listening is very important in everyday life. Think about how many times you have had problems understanding someone from a different culture or even a different sub-culture. Now think about how many times someone from a different cultural background may have had problems understanding you. I know realize once that e-mail was

Before I began this class I thought I was well versed in terms, of race, ethnicity, and nationality. However, I may have been partially wrong. I always considered my race to be Mexican and my ethnicity to be Hispanic while my nationality is American. However, according to the definitions I don’t have a race. On forms, I usually check the block for other and identify by ethnicity. I consider myself of Hispanic ethnicity from Mexican descent. However, to Mexicans from Mexico, I am not considered Mexican. I am a white Mexican, Mexican American or Chicana; both of my parents are born in Mexico of Mexican parents. I am most certainly proud of my roots as well as being an American. In the world we live in today it’s difficult to neglect the fact that I stand out for obvious reasons. That at times I am treated differently. That because of my roots I am told to go back to my country. That I shed a tear as I write this because I live with an inner struggle of who I am.

After this, the students talked to each other and they decided that they enjoy it when the teacher reads to them. The teacher read the book and the students followed along with the reading. When the teacher finished reading, she asked various questions that the students had to answer. The students, had to discuss the question and the answer with their group members. The teacher, asked each group to give their answer and, all the students participated in the activity. They had a good teacher and student relationship. The students respected the teacher and she did an awesome job with the lesson. The teacher, talked to us and, explained that when she creates her lessons she tries her best to incorporate group work and class discussions. Her goal is, that her students are engage in the lesson that she created.

Multicultural education is a philosophical concept built on the ideals of freedom, justice, equality, equity, and human dignity as acknowledged in various documents, such as the U.S. Declaration of Independence (The National Association for Multicultural Education).

No one can deny the fact that United States is rapidly becoming a more culturally and ethnically diverse nation. If the information from The Census Bureau which projects that by the year 2100, the U.S. minority population will become the majority with non-Hispanic whites making up only 40% of the U.S. population is anything to go by, it is clear beyond any reasonable doubt that we need to prepare the coming generations to comfortably embrace this change (Great Schools Staff, 2015). The subject of social diversity can therefore no longer be ignored since as a matter of fact, its impacts are already here with us. Public schools are becoming more diverse, and both the teachers and the students are feeling the impact. Teachers should therefore be actively involved in preparing their students to be tolerant to this change and teaching them how to interact in a diverse environment.

When working with clients you will most likely experience instances when your own values will make the helping profession difficult. According to Corey and Corey (2007), there are three multicultural counseling practices that assist the helping profession.

I completely agree with the intro, that diversity is no longer black/white, male/female, old/young issue. One of my previous work experiences, with Aids Community Services, who provided full spectrum healthcare and assistance to the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community. I was exposed to the real side of that life-style and was educated to realities over stigmatisms. Such as, aids being a “gay” disease, there were various people who contracted it from their heterosexual relationship with a trusted mate, male and female. I was also recently exposed, at the same time, to two transgender individuals, one being female transgending to male and the other a male, transgending to female. Having to be in close contact with the transgending

The major question I feel like I didn’t answer well was my knowledge of culture and diversity. Specifically, I talked in depth about working with individuals with diverse ethnic backgrounds, but I did not think of diversity variables such as age, gender, SES, education level, etc. You should be prepared to talk about your clinical experiences (i.e., what they were, what your role was, were there any ethical issues that came up, etc.). For example, I worked as an in-home behavioral therapist for nonverbal autistic children, and we spent the most time talking about that during the interview. Finally, I can’t say if this question was specific to my program or not, but we also talked in length about self-care activities and time

On bases of diversity, I am certain that I relate to most of its aspects. I was born in Cameroon, a developing county in Africa. Moving to the United States exposed me to not just gender diversity, but also to racial cultural and religious diversity. I moved to the United States in 2015 at age 15 and started community college at age 16. At the time, I did not consider myself to be naïve, but I thought of how my life was going to be like in class. One of the advisors at my community college said to my mom “She is too young to be a fulltime college student. I’d advice she does at least a year of high school in the United State so that she will adapt to the lifestyle and prepare for college both socially and mentally.” Diversity is something I to I relate to and respect so much.

To reflect on race and ethnicity, you must know what does it mean. What is Race? What is Ethnicity? According to Parillo, Race is a categorization in which people sharing visible biological characteristics regard themselves or are regarded by others as a single group on that basis. Ethnicity is shared cultural traits and/or national origin (2016). I believe their still some confusing between the two terms. Most people I asked about race and ethnicity, they thought they were the same thing. However, I thought so too until I started this class. Race still a complicated category due to the visible biological characteristics. With the wide ranges of physical appearances, it makes it difficult to determine what category each person should be in. I believe this brings about racism. According to Parillo, racism slowly evolved out of sorting humans into categories based physical appearances (2016). However, ethnicity caused racism within the races due to the different languages and cultural traits. A good example is Rwanda genocide in 1994. This was mass slaughtered trying to wipe out the entire Tutsi ethnic group which killing over 800,000 people. In America, I wonder if the same thing is happening among African Americans. They are being sent to the prison systems due to the systematic racism They are getting longer prison sentences or getting murdered by police officers due to systematic racism.

I am creative, short, determined, competitive, and a dyslexic Hispanic female. Society has shown us that a large part of who we are in the United States focuses on our ethnicity and race. For every important document, we have to fill out a form asking us about our race/ethnicity. We can say that we are one race but we actually all are multiple races. Growing up I knew that I was Hispanic but I really didn’t feel like I was treated differently. I feel like because I had the lighter skin I was not viewed necessarily as a Mexican. There were a few times that I was made fun of for being Hispanic, the largest problem that I faced was people thinking that I spoke Spanish. On My mother’s side, I am 6th generation Coloradan with ties to México and on my father’s side, I am a third generation American with ties to Spain and México. Defining yourself can always be a struggle because not everyone defines you the way that you define yourself.

Since my Summer semester is coming to an end and I am moving forward with my field, I feel the class has helped me evaluate situations with a deeper meaning and not what meets the eye. With the degree I am majoring in, I will come across a lot of people and since more cultures are coming to the United States I now know what to do if I ever get the chance to assist someone with a different background than me. There were many things I had to learn when I started taking the class one of them was, Religious Diversity, and that was difficult because I do talk about my beliefs and having to take these classes I realized there is nothing wrong with anyone’s belief system (Martin & Nakayama, (2013), p 15). I have learned that we all have a different upbringing and living in today’s society is already hard enough and I need to be open minded because I am their advocate and being able to learn this concept through the semester I feel I am capable of putting my upbringing to the side and learn about their way of life and making sure they have a sense of comfort whenever they need me.

Developing cultural diversity in the workplace is an important factor in creating a sociable and productive work environment. The mission and vision of an organization should be representative of the cultural diversity of their employees. When I immigrated to the U.S., like many other immigrant I chose New York as a place to live and work. My decision was based on the population diversity of this metropolitan city, which was going to ease my integration in the American lifestyle and workforce. Ironically enough, in my current work place I have had the unique opportunity to work with people from all over the world. As a joke we call our office the “United Nation”. Besides the employees born in the US, the rest of us originate from 9 different countries including Peru, Dominican Republican, Puerto Rico, Bengali, Egypt, Albania, Jamaica, and Nepal. It is the best environment to work as we have a conglomerate of upbringings, customs, backgrounds, languages, personalities and different perspectives.

Since I started this class, I have a learned a great deal about cultural diversity in the classroom and abroad. My perspective has changed slightly but my knowledge of this subject has improved. In my family, my father taught me about the civil rights movement and the evils of segregation in the U.S. My parents taught me to be tolerant of all humans, no matter what they look like, how they dress, or their sexual orientation. My family has always been liberal thinkers who taught me the dark history of racism and bigotry in this country. As an educator I would be accepting to all race, creeds, and religious peoples.

I am a young black woman who is trying to pave the way to success through furthering my education. Everything I bring to the table adds to the spectrum of diversity. Growing up I always felt different. The elementary school I attended , I always could recognize where I differed from everybody else. My hair, my skin tone, my gap (before the braces), and especially height. It wasn’t easy but the older I became, I learned to embrace every aspect of me. Diversity to me is what you bring to the table (age, gender, sexual orientation, race, skills, etc.) that differs from everyone else. It’s what makes you stand out among the population. To me it means a lot because diversity brings positivity and it celebrates the special qualities