Multiculturalism

Distant lands, by Tim Winton is a short novel that has resonated with me as a reader by its ideas expressed on the subject matter of family, multiculturalism and human desires. This is done through the language convention: simple sentences, point of view and the actions of its main character Fat Maz. Fat Maz is the main protagonist who is used to present the idea of family that has evoked in me a sense of appreciation and gratefulness towards my parents for the things they have done for me since…

flexible identities, Sense of connection, Critical thinking skills, Confidence and persistence, and Optimism and activism. Ramsey talks about some of the different activities that you could do with young children to help promote anti-bias or multiculturalism such as asking specific questions to…

Counter-movement. This chapter focused on the idea of transnationalism, along with many different movements, specifically human rights, also the issue of “…whether the humanist universalism implicit in all three movements is adequate to deal with diversity, multiculturalism and the rise of non-Western civilizational projects,” (Munck, 2007, pg 75). This leads to the idea of human rights and how “human beings are deemed to have universal rights regardless…

looks at how power affects culture. In general, the school seemed to practice critical multiculturalism. I went right at the end of February, so there was a variety of African American History month projects on the walls. I feel like African American History month is a good time to talk about power and culture, and they did a good job of it from what I could see. In the DLI classroom, critical multiculturalism was very evident. The students start Friday mornings by singing in either Spanish or…

Globalization is the convergence of the culture and is based on the notion that when people from different cultures move to other areas or contact with each other than their cultures converge with each other. Brook (2005) in his article All Cultures Are Not Equal informs the readers about the aspects of globalization in cultural geography. Globalization according to him has not provided any basis for cultural diffusion and people in western world made their own communities with people who are…

In the Age Newspaper on the 7th of January 2014 an article called “Sydney cosmopolitanism drives boom in apartment living” by Susan Wellings, highlighted the increasing cultural diversity within Sydney and the force it has been placing upon the popularity of new apartments. While it was once the dream to own a free standing house, there has been a shift in opinion with many now fantasizing about a great apartment somewhere nearby transport, shops and cafes (Wellings, 2014). Wellings goes on to…

Warren J. Blumenfeld is a progressive author dedicated to the forward evolution of the United States and its extremely reserved systems. Being a well decorated writer in the Purple press and The Beacon press with modern and progressive articles means that Blumenfeld has a plethora of knowledge when appealing to the reserved audience of The Huffington Post. Using this background serves him well in his opportunity to convey the problems with modern English through his extensive use of logos and…

When asked the question if while considering current economic inequalities and racial disparities in the criminal justice system which do I think best explains contemporary U.S. society and the workings of the American criminal justice system, if it’s a Marxist, pluralist conflict, or combination of both. I would have to argue that I think it’s a little of both. I will be will explaining what the Marxist and pluralist conflict theories are and why I think that it is both. I will also analyze…

states, “Black women’s Blackness or femaleness sometimes has placed their needs and perspectives at the margin of the feminist and Black liberationist agendas” (p.150). Conclusively, Hidden Figures was a fascinating and enjoyable movie to exhibit multiculturalism in…

First, Beth should not adopt the policy of English first. In the Naeyc Code of conduct section I-1.11 it says, “To provide all children with experiences in a language that they know, as well as support children in maintaining the use of their home language and in English.” This here shows that policy is being broken. Every child should be given the chance to express themselves however language they feel comfortable with. Beth as a new teacher should come up with a plan to merge languages so…