social and cultural rights

you agree with Edgerton when he suggests that some beliefs and behaviors serve "human needs" and social requisites better than others? To agree or disagree is an ethnocentric view and goes against the premise of cultural relativism that states there is no universal standard for “human needs”. Do I personally agree with Edgerton? Yes, from my subjective reality it seems that some human needs and social requisites seem to be better-served by some beliefs and behaviors than others. However, in…

correspondent Douglas Rushkoff dives into the massive obsession of social media and how the “like” button that throws kids into an abyss of identity and connection correlates with corporations discovering a way to generate revenue off of likes, retweets, and followers. Chris Rojek, author of Cultural Studies, delves into how social media creates this social phenomenon through cultural hybridity, and how corporations use cultural genre and production to their advantage. According to Rojek,…

effective leadership and social pressure. Cultural change is the fastest and most effective way to solve problems within our society. In this essay I will be focusing on the micro community of the United States. While I wish to study other cultures in the future, I don’t wish to presume the most effective way of creating positive change in other cultures, although some of the methods I discuss may be applicable to other cultures. Cultural change is the most effective in the form of social…

This biography explores Bev Sellars’ life, focusing on her journey as an indigenous leader and author, shedding light on her remarkable influence on cultural preservation and social advocacy. Bev Sellars' early struggles fueled her dedication to fighting for Indigenous rights. Born in 1955 at the Cariboo Memorial Hospital in Williams Lake, British Columbia, her upbringing was marked by adversity. At the gentle age of 5, she was sent to the Sardis Indian Tuberculosis hospital, where she endured…

Cultural competency is an expectation of all human service professionals. Define this concept and discuss its relevance to practice. Chenoweth & McAuliffe share the broad definition that culture is comprised of the ‘knowledge, beliefs, customs and values in a given society’ (2015, Chapter 9) meaning that culture goes beyond simple connotations of race and ethnicity, to how we define our sexual orientation, our gender, our religious beliefs and even our disabilities. Cultural competency is…

Rather it is composed of several different ethical theories. Throughout this course so far we have talked about Cultural Relativism, Subjectivism, Divine Command Theory, Ethical Egoism, and Social Contract. Each of these theories has their own unique takes on what a person’s morals should be based off and how they are perceived. One theory that stems from morality is known as Cultural Relativism. This concept essentially states that moral codes are distinctive amongst different cultures. In…

Research-Based Argument; Racism In the United States, racism is a major social issue that is often a debate among scholars in social sciences and ordinary citizens without any matching professionalism. Some of the contemporary studies on racism attribute its dominance in modern societies to the strategies being used to create antiracist attitudes. The American population has made many achievements in the areas of civil rights through their consistent championing for fair and equal treatment.…

The culture and social bond come from the people who live in the community. The cultural influence the recruitment of employees can be very profitable in the long run. This is key when recruiting in many communities outside of the United States. Every individual is made of Desoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA), organizations have their cultural DNA makeup. The cultural content, assumptions, belief, and values change with training, time, and growth. By creating a high-performance workforce across the…

The traditional model of citizenship-as-rights has been challenged by the idea of multiculturalism. Multiculturalism is a theory that provides a moral basis about the way to respond to the problems regarding cultural and religious diversity. Modern societies are characterized by deep diversity and cultural pluralism. In the past, diversity was ignored and stifled by models of the normal citizen who were normally able-bodied, heterosexual, white males. But today many groups that were excluded in…

Human rights, those rights that are endowed to every individual, has been a developing discourse, involving many factors, and aims to attain some basic level of equality amongst all humans. In 1948, the United Nation’s Declaration of Human Rights (UNHDR) was enacted; this document, which emerged as a direct result of the atrocities committed during World War II, lists thirty not-legally binding articles, each outlining these intrinsic and inalienable rights. Among these, the following are…