Friday, 28 March 2014


Adverse Reactions to Diversity – Portfolio exercise #4



Course:      Cultural Diversity                                  Code:  LSS N2053


 

Name:   Abdullah Issam AlAwlaqi                          ID#  H00269305      

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VeK759FF84s                                                      

 

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

 

1.      Define:

a.       Stereotyping : It is when you take an idea about a group of people because you see this thing from one or two of them.

b.      Prejudice : It is build an idea or opinion about someone before you be sure about your opinion about him.

c.       Bias : It is when you judge and agree something that you know it is wrong because it is suitable with your ideas .

d.      Discrimination : it is when you hate some one because his/her (skin- sex- religion or age).

2.      Give an example of each.

1-      We are (gulf Arabian people) think that all Sudanian people are lazy and we think all Egyptian people are deceitful.

2-      For example if you see someone angry and you say “he is always nervous”

3-      When I see someone from my family have a problem with one from another family and I know that he is wrong but I am with him because he is from my family. That is called Bias.

4-      For example if I am the (employment officer) in a company and I have two persons want to be employers.The first one Muslim but does not have experience and knowledge but the second one from another religion but he have experience and knowledge in this job but I choose the first one because he is Muslim. This called Bias.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Watch  Class Divided

ü Understanding

With partners, answer the following:

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

In 1970  Done by ms jane elliots

2.      Describe the experiment.

Who is the better than others

3.      What were the results?

When the teacher said that blue eyes better than brown eyes they finished class work in 3 minutes but when she said that brown eyes better they finished in 4 minutes.

4.      How successful do you believe it was?

I think it is so successful and I impressed from the results and the students understood the idea.

Going Deeper

In groups of four, discuss the following:

Ø  a time she or he experienced prejudice or discrimination

my friends went to cornice to talk with people about UAE in the past and know and they saw Egyptian tourist  but they thinked he is American

Ø  a time she or he discriminated against somebody else

some Emirati children don’t like to mix with children from other countries.

Ø  a time she or he witnessed discrimination and did nothing about it

my physics teacher in the secondary school was hate Emirati students .

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