In Working Together: Crossing Color Lines at Work, Cynthia Estlund discusses that U.S. universities and Fortune-500 companies endorse diversity because it advocates for cross-racial understanding and eliminates racial prejudicial views. She stresses the importance of integration as being a societal goal, and even claims that there has already been “avenues of progress” in the modern-day workplace. Although humans typically isolate themselves from different ethnicities during their leisure time, workers must friendly interact and cooperate with others in a demographically diversified setting. The author claims American social criticism is created by declining levels of civic engagement, such as not interacting with our neighbors, as well as …show more content…
Workers tolerate their wide range of emotions, such as disgust and resentment because they are receiving paychecks. Since the workplace produces a sense of belonging, cooperation, and sociability for adults outside of their family, Estlund believes the workplace accounts for the makeup of a modern democratic society. While neighborhoods and churches tend to undiversified, the workplace usually requires humans to interact with others of different cultural, religious, and ethnic backgrounds. Studies have shown that integration has been embraced more fluidly at workplaces, rather than schools and neighborhoods because people of various ethnicities are developing deeper relationships with one another, while cities and schools remain racially segregated. Although workplaces are not one hundred percent integrated, these settings still yield more interracial friendship than any other societal area. While white people can lawfully avoid living in black neighborhoods, workplace desegregation has become more mainstream because it is easier to police and
David Brook's essay focuses in the main part about the discussions and conversations on race, which is aimed to lead the readers to contemplate the assumptions we take for granted such as the critical question of is diversity a cared for subject in the United States?” Intro :- The occasion that gives rise to David Brook's essay “People Like Us”, is diversity in America. In his essay , David plainly and purposely confronts his audience – which are most likely Americans- with the reality of diversity in The United States .
While most people like myself avoid discussing the hot topic of race, Under Our Skin: Getting Real About Race by Benjamin Watson has encouraged not only me, but it should encourage people of all races to deliberate the looming issue of race in our country without fear of saying something erroneous or offending someone who does not coincide with you. Watson’s book has given me the opportunity to march on a new route as I discuss the reality of racial conflict with my peers. Although I myself do not agree with absolutely everything that Watson stated, Watson’s experiences set forth in the book do help in elevating my level of understanding of the complicated issue of race and other diversity and inclusion issues arising under Title VII of the
The purpose of this paper is to provide a short reflection on chapters 1-10 of the book Cultural Diversity: A Primer for the Human Services by Jerry V. Diller. Also, lectures provide by the professor will be discussed in this paper. The lectures discussed in this paper will be lectures A-E. In chapter one, “The Introduction”, we learn about culture and how the purpose of the book Cultural Diversity: A Primer for the Human Service.
The same is true for African American individuals in the work force. The workforce claims to give everyone a fair and equal hand, but often times African Americans are given the short end of the stick. This lack of opportunity leads me to question the structural conditions that have created cultural patterns that reinforce disadvantage. The structural issues of inequality in the workforce lead many individuals to have a stigma towards African American individuals. This stigma taint’s society’s view towards this group and allows them to make judgements on other aspects of their lives.
Racial Disparities Michelle Alexander, author of The New Jim Crow, points out that segregation transitioned from having to break through racial barriers to punitive laws designed to control African American communities. During the civil rights movement the unemployment rates increased among the African American population, which was the same time the population of young fifteen to twenty four year old age group spiked, results from the “baby boom” generation. (Michelle Alexander, 2010: 47) This was the reporting age group that caused crime in America according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation. (Michelle Alexander, 2010)
However, by clearly understanding the true depth of diversity and knowing, it is not just a moral issue, still allows for acceptance in much more diversified areas that is not limited to filling quotas and applying with affirmative action’s initiatives. Additionally, going beyond and not limiting themselves to just one African American manage, Indian Manager, or one person of color per department but open a wider range in hiring employees based on needs, experiences, and opportunities offered per store locations. On the other hand, prior to competing this paper, the student visit 3 regular Publix Supermarket in the geographic zip code of 30044 to study the diversity composition in addition to evaluate personally if Publix hires in the same pattern across the board in all their supermarket
Do we only care about diversity in America when we’re amongst people of different races? In David Brooks, “People Like Us,” he explores this taboo topic, originally published in the issue of the Atlantic Monthly, 2003. In the first few sentences of the essay he states that perhaps there is somewhere in the United States that there is a really an area where people are diverse (62). But then again he has not ever been made aware of such an area.
Going into this interview project I was curious to learn more about the experiences that immigrants had to go through. My interviewee, Mario, is an 18 year old immigrant that migrated to America from Bolivia at the age of 10. I have known Mario since middle school and we’ve been friends since then. We have grown up around the same area too and now we both attend the University of Maryland.
(Naiman.240) proven by the Black Lives Matter campaign. Racism against blacks is prominent in the work force where racism continues to be a sad reality. Even though we have come a long way in accepting all beings and reducing racism significantly it is still found that “blacks experience lower employment rates and employment income and higher unemployment rates regardless of educational level” (Naiman.250). Racism is continually an obstacle, especially in the job market, for blacks in today’s society. Not only are they heavily affected by racism in the present day so much that it decreases their life chances in comparison to a white person, but they are also a group that receive one of the
Even approaching more recent times, the racial factor that denies us equality is still present. One report shows that, ‘’In 1995, average white households had $18,000 in financial wealth, while Black households possessed a total of only $200’’(‘’International Socialist Review’’) Just as we saw when talking about the gender inequality, people of certain, ‘’undesirable,’’ races can be subjected to unequal pay, due to racist, and bias bosses. Skin is only so deep, so we have to ask ourselves: Should color determine how others treat ? If so, we can then start to understand why America won’t ever be completely
These differences contribute to the organizations ability to be flexible, generate problem solutions, relate effectively to a wide range of clients and to providing a balanced range of services. An organization can invest in developing effective employment programs and strategies that support diversity, but unless they have created an inclusive work environment, that celebrates and builds on differences and that is productive, rewarding, enjoyable and healthy for everyone concerned, they are likely to find that diversity creates more problems than it solves. They will be unable to take advantage of the benefits of diversity and are likely to have difficulty retaining employees. Work practices that make environments safe for all have achieved cultural competence and as a result are demonstrating cultural safety. Overall, this means that the workplace if spiritually, socially and emotionally respecting and appreciating different cultures and that there is no assault, challenge or denial of any person’s identity.
- Ways in which diversity can impact on work and work relationships - The similarities and differences that exist between you and your work community may have an impact on your work. Everyone around you will have similarities and differences, there is a reason we are all individual people, we are all different and have something different to offer. Culture plays an important part in shaping a person’s behaviour. Cultural values and beliefs provide a framework for people to make assumptions about and respond to their situations and or circumstances. Culture also strongly influences perceptions and expectations.
I. Attention Getter: Ola Joseph said: "Diversity is not about how we differ. Diversity is about embracing one another's uniqueness." II. Thesis Statement: Our society is full of different people, and I am here to convince you to encourage and support diversity within the workplace and in our school.
We live and work in a diverse world, consists of people with divergent backgrounds with different needs and preferences. This multicultural world brings out the potential on improvement and efficient, but also comes with that are the challenges. Workforce diversity acknowledges the reality that people differ in many ways, visible or invisible, mainly age, gender, marital status, social status, disability, sexual orientation, religion, personality, ethnicity and culture (Kossek, Lobel & Brown, 2005). The culture of an organisation plays a big role in the performance and sustainability of an organisation, and it is also important to the well-being of its employees.
Successful strategies link diversity progress directly to business results. (www.diversityinc.com/diversity-management) Diversity in the workplace means bringing together people of different ethnic backgrounds, religions and age groups into a cohesive and productive unit. Advances in communication technology, such as the Internet and cellular phones, have made the marketplace a more global concept. In order to survive, a company needs to be able to manage and utilize its diverse workplace effectively. Managing diversity in the workplace should be a part of the culture of the entire organization As a group we discussed diversity management and realized that the world is a big place and there will always be diversity.