Allies and Advocates
the process where someone with privilege and power is willing to take steps to advocate for and dismantle systems against a marginalized group of people
What is advocacy
What is one advantage of the melting pot theory week 9 slide 9
the idea that national identity can be made up of multiple identities fused together under a single national emblem
It presents assimilation as a linear process
It also only works if the mainstream, dominant culture is something that’s easily defined
the idea that national identity can be made up of multiple identities fused together under a single national emblem
a story that explains the beginnings and foundational elements of a person, organization, or concept
What is an origin narrative ?
the idea that norms, ideas and institutions that may now seem natural actually, grew out of specific historical and social processes
What is social Construction?
the process by which people learn the dynamics of their own surrounding culture and acquire values and norms appropriate or necessary to that culture and its worldviews
What is Enculturation
actively supporting marginalized groups
What is allyship or being an ally
The process of assimilation is ALWAYS voluntary
True or False ?
FALSE
Which of these is NOT an example of institutional racism that impacted Native people in the United States ?
What is The Native American Housing Act of 1976
a term used to describe how race, class, gender, and other individual characteristics “intersect” with one another and overlap to form systems of privilege and oppression.
Intersectionality
set of congruent behaviors, attitudes, and policies that come together in a system or agency or amongst professionals and enable the system, agency, or those professions to work effectively in cross-cultural situations
What is cultural competence.
a lifelong process of building relationships based on trust, consistency and accountability with marginalized individuals and groups of people.
What is being an ally
Learning the language and adhering to the dominant cultural values will not help immigrants facing increased discrimination
TRUE
This act banned migration manual laborers(exceptions were made for professionals) for 10 years and made them permanent aliens.
What is the Chinese Exclusion Act
a form of prejudice that generally includes negative emotional reactions to members of a group, acceptance of negative stereotypes, and racial discrimination against individual
What is Racism?
This theory placed an emphasis on respect for difference, but the term respect was operationalized as tolerance. This theory did not celebrate the difference or discuss the importance of diversity.
What is the theory of cultural pluralism
an activist and gun control advocate, who as a student, survived the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in 2018
Who is X Gonzales
This theory acknowledges the identity and cultural differences in a multi cultural society
What is the Salad Bowl Theory
Why do some people deny that contemporary racism exists?
Both a and b
An ideology that uses the methods and legitimacy of science to argue for the superiority of white Europeans and the inferiority of non-white people
What is Scientific Racism
any actions that diminish, demean or disempower the cultural identity and well-being of an individual’
What is cultural unsafety
15-year-old activist in 2012, she was shot in the face by a Taliban militant who objected to girls’ attending school
Malala Yousafzai
a process in which an individual adopts, acquires and adjusts to a new cultural environment as a result of being placed into a new culture, or when another culture is brought to someone
What is ACCULTURATION
The totality of ways in which societies foster racial discrimination through mutually reinforcing systems of housing, education, employment, earnings, benefits, credit, media, health care and criminal justice.
What is structural racism
Which one of these works presents a modern theory on race that was discussed in class?
The Bell Curve
Tipping Points
What is the Bell Curve
offering services that honor the cultural beliefs, values, and traditions of patients and communities.
What is culturally congruent care?