HUMAN DIVERSITY TRAINING

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HUMAN DIVERSITY TRAINING

• How will this training benefit you
• What are your expectations

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ALL MEN ARE CREATED EQUAL

• What do you think was meant
• Who were the men they were referring to

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CULTUREis

• A set of learned behaviors, values, beliefs and
  patterns of interaction shared by a group of
  people who tend to share historical and
  geographical proximity.

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DEFINITIONS

• CULTURE SHOCK
• CULTURAL EFFECTIVENESS
• DOMINANT CULTURE
• ETHNICITY
• ETHNOCENTRIC
• MINORITY
• PREJUDICE
• RACE

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AMERICAN CULTURE

• What are the positive images
• What are the negative images
• What values are important
• How do we learn unwritten rules
• Does American culture influence us
• Rules of Diverse Culture interactions

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HERITAGE CULTURES

• To appreciate other cultures we must first
  recognize and appreciate the significance of our
  own in our lives

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STEREOTYPING

• Easy way to teach and understand the OUTSIDERS of
  our Heritage Culture
• An exaggerated belief to justify our conduct
  toward a group
• Prejudice

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WHAT DO STEREOTYPESHAVE IN COMMON

• Highlight some negative aspect of culture
• Generalize the extremes of human character
• Represents one cultures value judgement
• Result from ignorance and fear of other cultures
• Too generalized to be of any use in learning

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CULTURAL ATTRIBUTES

• CULTURAL VALUES
• SPIRITUAL BELIEFS
• FAMILY ROLES
• THINKING PATTERNS
• COMMUNICATION STYLES

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DEFINITIONS

• CULTURAL EFFECTIVE
• Is the state in which one has developed the
  capacity to appreciate other cultures and
  mastered the knowledge and skills necessary to
  feel comfortable and communicate effectively with
  people of diverse cultures
• COMMUNICATION
• Is the art of sending a message from a source to
  a receiver with least possible loss of meaning

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GUIDELINES FOR BRIDGING BARRIERS

• 1. Listening Effectively
• 2. Resisting Judgmental Reactions
• 3. Monitoring Perception
• 4. Seeking feedback
• 5. Cultivating Self-awareness
• 6. Taking Risks

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TECHNIQUES FOR BUILDING RAPPORT AND TRUST

• Understand, but do not use dialect
• Use proper names or titles
• Exercise genuineness
• Avoid psychological ploys
• Permit and accept expressive behavior
• Acknowledge racial and ethnic issues
• Avoid presenting yourself as the SYSTEM

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HATE - VIOLENCE PYRAMID

• EXTERMINATION
• PHYSICAL ATTACK
• DISCRIMINATION
• AVOIDANCE
• VERBAL REJECTION

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HATE CRIMES

• Are crimes motivated by group prejudice and
  directed toward victims selected on the basis of
• Ethnicity
• Gender
• Race
• Religion
• Political Beliefs
• Sexual Orientation

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DEFINITIONS

• RACISM
• The belief that certain racial groups are
  inferior to ones own racial group
• SEXISM
• The belief that one gender group is inferior,
  both physically and intellectually to ones own
  group