Blog 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	Indian
Language		English	Arabic	Hindi
Religion	Religious bigotry (a religious bigot)	Christian (Protestant)	Muslim (Sunni)	Muslim
Values and beliefs		Socialist	Carnivore	Carnivore
Disability	Ableism	Able	Able	Able
Class	Classism	Middle Class	High Class!	Middle Class
Gender	Sexism (Sexist)	Female	Male	Male
Age	Ageism (Ageist)	60	20	30
Educational Background		M.Ed.	Undergraduate	Uneducated
Sexual Orientation	Hetrosexualist (Homophobic)	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

2. How many countries are there in the world today?  …200+…..

3. How many ethnic groups are there in the world today? ………5000-6000…………………

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? ………4-5……………………

5. What is wrong with this chart?  …………………………Its Old…………………………………………………………………….

6. What percentage of the UAE population is Emirati in 2014?  ………11.5………..

http://gulfnews.com/news/gulf/uae/general/influx-of-foreigners-spikes-uae-population-to-8-3m-1.787518

7. Why is the percentage so small? …More foreign are coming……….

8. The UAE's population strategy plans to make Emiratis the majority in the country or up to …….. per cent, by …….., members of the Federal National Council (FNC) told Gulf News.

9. Do you think this will happen? …………………No……………………………………………………………………………..

10. Why do you think this? …………………………………………Because the number is big and the time is short………………………………………………………………

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?

…………………………………Learning another culture …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………