Racism, Classism, Slavery Today, Globalization and Human Right - Exercise #5

Racism, Classism, Slavery Today, Globalization and Human Right - Exercise #5

How many slaves work for you? I have 49 working for me.

In our last Cultural Diversity class we were discussing the “isms” – especially racism and classism and slavery in America.

One student said at the end of the lesson, “Abraham Lincoln freed all the slaves in 1865 so that ended the problem.”

If you want a crash course in the Atlantic Slave Trade click here.http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dnV_MTFEGIY&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DdnV_MTFEGIY

One student said, “India is the only place that has classism problems.”

Another student brought up the problems of workers’ rights in Doha. Many students were very worried about it as they said maybe the World Cup might not take place there now because all the media was talking about Human Rights of workers.

Here is a video for those few students who had not heard about this news.

http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/video/2013/sep/25/qatar-migrant-workers-world-cup-host-video

I asked students to get on the Internet and check the facts about world slavery since 1865 and today.

Adverse Reactions to Diversity – Portfolio exercise #4

Course:      Cultural Diversity   Code:  LSS N2053   Name:                             ID#                                                              

With a partner, please answer the following. You may use internet resources to help you.

1.      Define:

a.       Stereotyping

b.      Prejudice

c.       Bias

d.      Discrimination

2.      Give an example of each.

Watch  Class Divided

ü Understanding

With partners, answer the following:

1.      Where, when and with whom did this experiment take place?

2.      Describe the experiment.

3.      What were the results?

4.      How successful do you believe it was?

 

Stereotyping / Prejudice / Discrimination

1.Stereotyping-   your perception of groups      “All ______ are ______ !

    Judging entire group of people based on what some of them may do.

2.Prejudice-    your feeling towards individuals, based on group perception

          “I don’t want to go for coffee with that (Egyptian)guy, he’ll make a big bill, and say he has no money”. Example: Race laws in the US after WWII discriminated against Afro-Am’s.

3.Discrimination-  acts/ laws by the dominant group against groups/ people based on a particular characteristic; race, religion, gender, lifestyle

Stereotyping and Prejudice - Week #6

Stereotyping and Prejudice

Course Goal 2 – Sub-outcome 1: Define stereotyping, prejudice, bias and discrimination

Stereotypes - Mind your Language

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRgNG2UZnVc

A stereotype is an exaggerated belief, image or distorted truth about a person or group — a generalization that allows for little or no individual differences or social variation.

 Stereotypes are based on images in mass media, or reputations passed on by parents, peers and other members of society. Stereotypes can be positive or negative.

A prejudice is an opinion, prejudgment or attitude about a group or its individual members. A prejudice can be positive, but in our usage refers to a negative attitude.

Prejudices are often accompanied by ignorance, fear or hatred. Prejudices are formed by a complex psychological process that begins with attachment to a close circle of acquaintances or an "in-group" such as a family. Prejudice is often aimed at "out-groups”.

Discrimination is behavior that treats people unequally because of their group memberships.

 Discriminatory behavior, ranging from slights to hate crimes, often begins with negative stereotypes and prejudices.

Reflection #1 - post details

Reflection #1 

After making the video each student will have to post their video link individually reflect on their learning and include it in their e-portfolio as Reflection #1 (counted part of your 15%).

2. Also part of your  Reflection #1 is a 100-150 word individual written reflection on 'What I learned by making my video...?'  Each student will do their OWN individual reflection.

Your Emirati Film - Marking Rubric Introduction to Reflection One – 15%

4. Your Emirati Film - Marking Rubric

Introduction to Reflection One – 15%

Artifacts, Emirati Cultural Heritage and Identity

Definition :

Cultural artifact, anything created by humans which gives information about the culture of its creator and users

Part 1

1.     Do you know what the artifacts in the PowerPoint were used for?

2.     Which countries or ethnic groups are they from?

3.     Watch the PowerPoint and note down your favourite artifact.

	What is it?	What is it used for?	Where is it from?
a
b
c
d
e
f
g

Part 2

What does the coffee pot symbolize in Emirati culture? _________________________________

 

Take a look at some of the Emirati artifacts in this virtual museum.

http://www.uaeinteract.com/VIRTUAL_MUSEUM/museum_index.html