Divergence occurs when there are no attempts or concern of either speaker in a conversation to accommodate to the other. The main function of divergence is to allow individuals of various cultures to maintain social identity. One reason people may decide to diverge can be the result of preserving cultural heritage and maintaining distinctiveness from other cultures. Another reason is due to stereotyping created by society. Individuals often communicate with preconceived stereotypes in mind and…
One of the discourse communities that I am a part of is the Sutter Health Volunteer community. Specifically, those who work at the Women's and Children's Center (WCC) building in the Maternal Newborn unit on the 8th floor. This community has many responsibilities, goals, and shared ideas. The Volunteer Service Description document lists out all the tasks that a volunteer must perform in this community. Moreover, this document shows some of the responsibilities and objectives of this community.…
In the world there are faces that are different from mine, views, practices, churches, and food different from the ones I'm used to. My ignorance allows me to look at them differently, but I'm quickly reminded not to judge by the cover of something. My experience with this multi-cultured society granted me access into excepting people who do not favor me. Despite judging them before, the diversity amuses and excites me and when others judge I put myself inside their shoes and I get defensive.…
The simile of the air vent for the pressure cooker is a way that authorities let the dominated groups feel not dominated and have control over parts of their lives. Henceforth, those who are not in charge are led to the illusion of control. The constant pressure leads to the implosion and the destruction of the system, but as the authorities dominate and the dominated people taste the goodness of freedom and control of their lives, the authorities get more powerful. The dominated ones get used…
guidance. People that are currently in successful industries should talk to the children, it will definitely have a positive impact even if a few of the people who listen are guided they can help the future. You never know who you are talking to that person could have been President Barack Obama or Steve…
Adversity Pain, abusive conditions, repetitive struggling, and long term physical and emotional scars come to mind when many people think of adversity, but few stop to considerer the positive effects. Difficulties are oftentimes the very reason extraordinary people develop their marvelous talents. If many of the great pioneers in various fields had not experienced childhood calamities, large failures, or repetitive lack of results, they might not have realized their massive potential. From…
supposed to do and use common sense you will now be a stupid person.…
and stigmas. Mental illness is still seen as a sign of weakness despite of all the knowledge known about it (Byrne, 2000). Stigma is a term with Greek origins. Stigmas are a sign of disgrace that makes a person different from other people (Schaefer, 2004). The Greeks cut or burned the skin of a person with a stigma to show that they are a blemished, and should be avoided at all costs (Goffman 1963). Stigmas occurs when society uses a label to degrade someone within a certain social group. A…
Looking at Connecting Lives and how a place can make and remake inequality for a person’s identity. One group of people that tend to have a negative identity would be the homeless, Jonathan Raban visited New York and noticed the negative comments homeless people would receive, they were called alcoholics, thieves and crack addicts, it is these comments that formed their overall identity known as the street people, Raban suggested the identity street people was seen as a national or tribal…
an idiot child before ? Some people just shouldn’t have children, should they ?” saying that about someone is mean. She has no right to say that about anyone. Strangeworth is very nosey in everyone bussiness , then she’ll go home and talk about the person and their situation badly. You would think as an older woman she would be kind and sweet. Now the only time Ms. strangeworth is being kind or nice , is when others are admiring her roses or speaking to someone. Other than that she’s the…