Cultural Diversity Final Presentation

Reflection on the Cultural Diversity Course

The cultural diversity course is really great for many reasons because it is a course that makes a person think of their surrounding in present times and its effects on themselves and how cultural elements affect each other. Another reason is also how the course if even taken before or after a person is working or before working it still has its benefits, like if taken before it will prepare the person on how to think and interact with a person of different cultural backgrounds, and if taken after working, it will make a person think of the details in one’s own culture and other cultural elements like sexism or ableism to name a few.

My three most favorite classes in this course were :

1.    The disability class because it gives that however the future of a person with a disability looks grim, there is always hope with patience and perseverance.

2.    The outsourced movie class because even though it was an actual movie, it actually teaches of a different culture and made me think of ways to interact with different cultures.

3.    The class when the ‘ISMs’ were taught because it made me think of the finer points in my life and how the different type ISMs affected them and I only realized it when was explained in class.

   I would like to say because of the nature of the course which helps a person to better interact with the outside world and understand cultural differences, it is better for this course to be taught at a later age like for example 23 or 24 because it will give the person to study this course thought material to better understand this course.

    I’m honored to say that I learned many things from this course but to say the most important lesson is this course gave me the ability to think of the small things in life that have a big impact which I learned in time by going through this course in ways of interaction between all the elements of this course.

   By the nature of the country of UAE which is very culturally diverse it would be a great idea to establish a harmony day because it would bolster the morale and pride of the many different background people in this country which can be held one day before the national to show the significance of this day and hope that one day this day might happen and I would approve.

   To conclude what I have to say about this course is that with the right mind and will this course can be a stepping stone to achieve world that will be accepting of each other and a move toward peace because of how when differences between people are settled troubles in the world are much reduced and will benefit all.

Outsourced Reflection

Todd’s journey began because of the individualist society in America, specifically because of Todd’s boss. Because Todd’s boss preferred his own gain and benefit to the benefit of his team by outsourcing his employee’s jobs. When Todd travelled to India, he was surprised by how the Indian community by how they function with different rules and values which shown when even a cow can be so near to the call center and how each person in the community value each other which was shown by when even a the fine hotel establishment were contributing to the poor in whatever way they can which he accepted when he himself adopted the same habit, another example of this is how when Todd’s boss came to check up on him and they came to see the call center in a mess and flooded, the employees could have left him to his own troubles, but because of the Indian collectivist community, they took it upon themselves to get him out of trouble which shows how even Todd, a foreigner was a part of their community. Eventually even Todd felt the same feeling when he felt it hard to tell them of their own jobs being outsourced. And even though they lost their jobs they celebrated instead of blaming Todd which shows how in the end Todd was close to them

Ethnocentrism

The three most famous examples of ethnocentrism from history are:

1.     European Imperialism: Starting in the 16^th century nations deemed themselves better than the rest of the world and tried to conquer because the European nations though they were the true masters of the world.

2.     The Mandate of Heaven:  A system of government that in ended in the 19^th century where the Chinese had received divine favor and deemed themselves better than the rest of the world and the Emperor was called the son of heaven and he could exert heavy very harsh control  over his people and anyone he deemed unworthy.

3.     Nazi Germany: The most infamous example is of Nazi Adolf Hitler who hated Jews and any person who was not in the image of Germans of blue hair and blue eyes and ordered for them to torture and massacred by the millions which was tragic and extreme example of ethnocentrism.

The Merchant of Venice by Shakespeare portrays an intense disagreement between the Jew, Shylock, and the Christian, Antonio. Antonio constantly scorns Shylock for being a Jew, which ultimately culminates in one of the most famous speeches of all time where Shylock asks:

"If you prick us, do we not bleed? If you tickle us, do we not laugh? /If you poison us, do we not die? And if you wrong us, shall we not revenge?"

The "us" that Shylock is referring to are Jews.

    A country that depicts to be ethnocentric today is The United States of America because they believe themselves superior than other countries and therefore meddle in many countries even if not needed. Even their film industry always depict America as the strongest and best and advanced in all their movies and show other countries to be backwards like the movie transformers when they showed Qatar to just be a small village in the desert with just one telephone to use and really poor.

How many slaves do you have working for you?

My score was that I have 32 slaves working for me.

I am not sure how I got what this score which is surprising because I don’t feel like I have that many slaves working for me. But I believe that’s it’s the daily things we do and have in our everyday life that was somehow contributed by slaves working to make them like clothes or electronics which I have not really thought about before. And by slaves it could even be cheap labors that are kept because they do not have any other choice but work for companies that exploit them.

Emirati Culture Film

Section: CED

Group Members’ Names

Name	ID
Khaled AlMarzooqi	H00280538
Thamer AlAmeri	H00280537
Khalifa AlHosani	H00018119
Salem Matar	H00280879
Muhsin AlKurbi	H00280539

Disability

Man who designs cars with his feet

https://www.upworthy.com/this-guy-is-going-to-show-you-one-of-the-most-important-things-you-can-teach-your-kids-10?c=cur1

Autistic Girl Expresses Unimaginable Intelligence

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNZVV4Ciccg

Stephen Hawking

http://www.biography.com/people/stephen-hawking-9331710

My brother

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZ_i3yioHlo

     ·Write a reflection about what you have learnt by watching the videos about people with disabilities.

      I have been astonished by these learned how mind can overcome matter which is the body. That with the right support that gives them the confidence to do what they want in life that will let people with disabilities break from the thoughts in people of how people with disabilities should be, which are staying at home without any fulfillment. It’s amazing how the power thought in a society can influence he individual to better either for themselves or for their society.

       · Give some examples of how things are changing for people with disabilities in the UAE.

       People with disabilities in the UAE are getting more attention as time goes by for a small example many places like banks outlets and building have designated area for them. Another national example is that in 2004, a draft law was submitted to grant and protect the rights of people with disabilities in the areas of employment, healthcare, education and access to facilities and services. An equal right without discrimination is the underlying goal.