DiversityEssay Preview: DiversityReport this essayDiversityManaging diversity and demographicchanges in the workplace presents many dilemmas. Confronted with constant change, management, business educators, and organizational consultants continue to meet the challenges of a new and diverse workforce in a number of ways. Diversity can be defined in numerous ways. Diversity includes all the ways in which people differ, and it encompasses all the different characteristics that make one individual or group different from another. It is all inclusive and recognizes every individual and every group as part of the diversity that should be valued. A broad definition includes not only race, gender, ethnicity, age, national origin, religion and disability, but may include sexual orientation, values, personality, education, language, physical appearance, marital status, socioeconomic status, religion and so forth.
All these characteristics can impact an individuals attitude and behavior toward people that evolves around him and toward the general public on a daily basis. In this paper, we will examine how ethnicity, differences in skills/abilities, occupation and personality traits impact the behavior of people in society and/or how it can impact my own behavior as well.
Many people have a very shallow view of racial and ethnic diversity. They see it as simply the belief that one race is superior to another. It is much more than that. It is a fundamental (and fundamentally wrong) view of human nature. Racism is the notion that ones race determines ones identity. It is the belief that ones convictions, values, ideology, and character are determined not by the judgment of ones mind but by ones anatomy or “blood.” This view causes people to be condemned or praised based on their racial membership. In turn, it leads them to condemn or praise others on the same basis. In fact, one can gain an authentic sense of pride only from ones own achievements, not from inherited genetic characteristics. The spread of racism requires the destruction of an individuals confidence in his own mind. Such an individual then enthusiastically seeks a sense of identity by clinging to some group, abandoning his authentic sense of his own ethnicity.
I, on the other hand, have much respect for the multi-ethnic groups among our society. I was born and raised as a Jewish Orthodox and am now more of a mix between a Conservative and a Modern Orthodox Jew. While growing up, I was instilled to respect and not condemn a culture of another kind even though I was constantly ridiculed throughout grade school by my fellow classmates of my ethnic background. That unceasing mockery made me feel insecure about who I was and where I came from.
As I got older, my insecurity changed to a positive nature because of the sense of belonging in an environment where everyone came from the very same ethnic background at the private yeshiva for girls where I was enrolled for the duration of my high school years. I was constantly exposed to the multifarious cultures in our society due to leading a life of living in two worlds, my religious environment with my family in one and my socialization with my deaf friends who came from a variety of ethnic background in another. For what I was exposed with growing up has brought my sense of understanding and respect for ethnicity into perspective. I love learning about others and sharing about mine as well as long as the feelings are mutual. The way I behave affects others behaviors towards me. This allows for an amicable and friendly relationship with my fellow peers personally and professionally.
The letter and the photograph are the result of a yearlong campaign of social media activism to expose the hypocrisy of those who are simply going after a place of privilege that has been denied their right to exist by the U.S. government, and also by an organization that I would absolutely classify as a terrorist organization. On March 2-4, U.S. President Barack Obama signed an executive order directing Immigration and Customs Enforcement to “prohibit entry of persons who have a history of violent crimes” without prior permission from entering the country. No wonder the White House says it wants a crackdown. The White House had a long-standing policy of excluding immigrants from the country because of criminal records and that has always seemed to work. Since taking office, the Obama administration and Immigration and Customs Enforcement have been engaged in a two-pronged strategy of curbing the flow of illegal immigrants from Mexico and at the borders of the United States, a process that has never made sense given the vast number of criminal and civil offences committed, and the fact that both of those governments are now in the crosshairs of this movement in our country. But while we are engaged in an ongoing process to “protect the law and the people,” and not taking advantage of this system, the White House continues to fight against U.S. politicians, organizations that are advocating for more federal laws and policies that encourage and are involved in human rights violations, while also encouraging the continued movement of illegal immigrants to come within their own borders.
U.S. President Obama speaks during a speech at the U.S. State Department. (AFP/Getty Images)
The policy of curbing migration is part of what has been the most shocking thing about the recent uptick in violence in this country, as it puts an end to any hope that the United States will take on the burden of protecting communities that have been historically underrepresented in our country’s cultural fabric.
I spoke at the United Nations General Assembly earlier this month where the only “sanctuary city rules” were passed, though they were mostly designed to shield people who might be undocumented from deportation even if their deportation had been legal. The rules also call for the federal government to provide the same kind of security for the immigrants who are eligible to file for a temporary permit. “The goal is for local law enforcement officials to take their own officers onto the street,” says David Weill, executive director of the National Immigration Law Center of Central Florida.
“They’ll have the tools to deal with the situation, so when they’re in jail, they’ll be able to say ‘I don’t know where to send them, my family isn’t getting any better yet.’ Those would be the tools that have been sought in this administration. It’s sad to see the policies they’ve been enforcing being taken away.”
The government is not only enforcing U.S. immigration laws but they’re also forcing families to seek help from other countries who are trying to find some kind of security.
In the wake of Trump’s statements earlier this month, some think there has been some degree of public support for putting restrictions on entry into immigration centers. But, as The Post’s Ryan Lizza reports, the public is still largely indifferent, with little interest in changing those rules, or even paying extra attention to local officials who have a vested interest in keeping undocumented immigrants safe.
The letter and the photograph are the result of a yearlong campaign of social media activism to expose the hypocrisy of those who are simply going after a place of privilege that has been denied their right to exist by the U.S. government, and also by an organization that I would absolutely classify as a terrorist organization. On March 2-4, U.S. President Barack Obama signed an executive order directing Immigration and Customs Enforcement to “prohibit entry of persons who have a history of violent crimes” without prior permission from entering the country. No wonder the White House says it wants a crackdown. The White House had a long-standing policy of excluding immigrants from the country because of criminal records and that has always seemed to work. Since taking office, the Obama administration and Immigration and Customs Enforcement have been engaged in a two-pronged strategy of curbing the flow of illegal immigrants from Mexico and at the borders of the United States, a process that has never made sense given the vast number of criminal and civil offences committed, and the fact that both of those governments are now in the crosshairs of this movement in our country. But while we are engaged in an ongoing process to “protect the law and the people,” and not taking advantage of this system, the White House continues to fight against U.S. politicians, organizations that are advocating for more federal laws and policies that encourage and are involved in human rights violations, while also encouraging the continued movement of illegal immigrants to come within their own borders.
U.S. President Obama speaks during a speech at the U.S. State Department. (AFP/Getty Images)
The policy of curbing migration is part of what has been the most shocking thing about the recent uptick in violence in this country, as it puts an end to any hope that the United States will take on the burden of protecting communities that have been historically underrepresented in our country’s cultural fabric.
I spoke at the United Nations General Assembly earlier this month where the only “sanctuary city rules” were passed, though they were mostly designed to shield people who might be undocumented from deportation even if their deportation had been legal. The rules also call for the federal government to provide the same kind of security for the immigrants who are eligible to file for a temporary permit. “The goal is for local law enforcement officials to take their own officers onto the street,” says David Weill, executive director of the National Immigration Law Center of Central Florida.
“They’ll have the tools to deal with the situation, so when they’re in jail, they’ll be able to say ‘I don’t know where to send them, my family isn’t getting any better yet.’ Those would be the tools that have been sought in this administration. It’s sad to see the policies they’ve been enforcing being taken away.”
The government is not only enforcing U.S. immigration laws but they’re also forcing families to seek help from other countries who are trying to find some kind of security.
In the wake of Trump’s statements earlier this month, some think there has been some degree of public support for putting restrictions on entry into immigration centers. But, as The Post’s Ryan Lizza reports, the public is still largely indifferent, with little interest in changing those rules, or even paying extra attention to local officials who have a vested interest in keeping undocumented immigrants safe.
With respect to the differences in maintaining skills and abilities, an individuals behavior can be impacted by its own capabilities or lack thereof. Awareness of ones physical ability and skill can enhance how one behaves. Maintaining skills is a learned power of doing something competently such as speaking fluently using proper form of language or the memory of mixing drinks. Maintaining abilities is the natural aptitude or acquired proficiency such as a positive attitude or “common sense”.
Being deaf may prevent me