Portfolio Exercise #1 - Ten Aspects of Cultural
Diversity
1. Look at these ten aspects which make up your
cultural
identity. Then, fill in the last two columns – one for somebody who
works for your family and one for an expatriate
friend. There are other aspects of cultural diversity but these are the main
ones.
Aspect
|
‘ism’
|
Frankie
|
Mohamed
|
Your
Family Employee
|
Your
Expatriate
Friend
|
Race/Ethnicity
|
Racism
(Racist)
|
White
British
|
Emirati
|
Ethiopia
|
U.S
|
Language
|
English
|
Arabic
|
Cushion
|
English
|
|
Religion
|
Religious
bigotry
(a
religious bigot)
|
Christian
(Protestant)
|
Muslim
(Sunni)
|
Muslim
|
Christian
|
Values
and beliefs
|
Socialist
|
Carnivore
|
Carnivore
|
Vegetarian
|
|
Disability
|
Ableism
|
Able
|
Able
|
Able
|
Able
|
Class
|
Classism
|
Middle Class
|
High
Class!
|
Lower
Class
|
High
Class
|
Gender
|
Sexism
(Sexist)
|
Female
|
Male
|
Male
|
Male
|
Age
|
Ageism
(Ageist)
|
60
|
20
|
26
|
21
|
Educational
Background
|
M.Ed.
|
Undergraduate
|
N/A
|
Undergraduate
|
|
Sexual
Orientation
|
Hetrosexualist
(Homophobic)
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
2. How many
countries are there in the world today? 196 countries.
3. How many
ethnic groups are there in the world today? Around 5000 ethnic groups.
Here is an
incomplete list of ethnic groups. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_modern_ethnic_groups
4. How many
ethnic groups are there living in the UAE? 8 ethnic groups.
5. What is
wrong with this chart? UAE Emirati citizens
have a lower percent in this chart.
6. What
percentage of the UAE population is Emirati in 2014? 11.5 percent
7. Why is
the percentage so small? Because of increasing
the proportion of foreign workers
in the state.
8. The UAE's population strategy plans to
make Emiratis the majority in the country or up to 40 per cent, by 2021,
members of the Federal National Council (FNC) told Gulf News.
9. Do you
think this will happen? Yes.
10. Why do
you think this? Because a lot of female citizens are
married from foreigners, and in the future their children will become citizens.
11. Do you
have any different ethnic groups in your ancestry or your family today? No.
12. What are
the benefits of having a mixed cultural heritage?
To be having an idea
about other cultures, customs
and traditions.
