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Multicultural Diversity Final
Multicultural Diversity Final NMHU
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Social Work
Undergraduate 3
04/29/2015

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5 Categories of the Multicultural Spectrum
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1. Race/Ethnicity 2. Social Class 3. Gender 3. Sexual Orientation 4. Sexual Orientation 5. People with Disability
All of these are part of a web. They intersect and overlap. None stand alone.
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Gender as a part of the multicultural spectrum
Definition
Social construction related to roles, behaviors and attitudes base on their category of male or female. Gender is now viewed as a continuum rather than as a dichotomy.
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Write Out Definition for Heterosexism
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Assumption that everyone should be heterosexual and it is the only acceptable sexual orientation. It is considered to be the norm and the only way to be. Contributes to the stigma attached to individuals who do not conform to societal gender norm expectations.
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Write Our Definition for Homophobia
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Is the fear of and hostility toward a gay and lesbian person. It is a product of sexism and reinforces gender role expectations.
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Recognize Sexism
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The preferential threaten of males over females, and misogyny, the hatred of females and femininity, underlie the oppression of individuals who are female, gender variant, or transgender as well as those who are gay, lesbian, and bisexual.
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Recognize Intersex
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Refers to a diverse group of individuals who are born with genetic and chromosomal anomalies, and people with so-called ambiguous genitalia.
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Recognize Transgender
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People who sexual anatomy at birth does not match their internal sense of their own gender.
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What kind of oppression do women and LGBTQ experience?
Definition
Women and LGBTQ experience all of Young's 5 faces of oppression: exploitation, marginalization, powerlessness, Cultural Imperialism, and Violence
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Feminism- what it is
Definition
It's about ending all oppression, including gender oppression. It's a belief that women all over the world face some form of oppression or exploitation. It's a commitment to uncover and understand what causes and sustains oppression. It's a commitment to work individually and collectively in everyday life to end all forms of oppression whether based on gender, class, race or culture.
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Feminism- is Not
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It's not anti-male or a white women's movement. It does not belong to any particular gender.
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Sexual Orientation Old Paradigm
Definition
Puts people into rigid categories of heterosexual vs. homosexual, ignored bisexuality. Sexual behavior is a defining feature of a person' sexual orientation. Assumed concurrency among sexual identity, behavior and desire. Sexual orientation is an enduring disposition that forms at an early age and is then fixed and unchanging. Views sexual orientation as dichotomous construct that exist only in two opposites.
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Sexual Orientation New Paradigm
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Conceptualizes sexual orientation as flexible, complex, and multifaceted. Sexual behavior by itself is not always a good indicator of a person's sexual orientation. Sexual activity, fantasy, and identity are not always congruent. Identification as bisexual, gay, lesbian or heterosexual and actual behavior can vary over time, it's fluid and diverse, not uniform.
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What do people think causes sexual orientation differences and why? Why is someone gay and what lead to the development of it?
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No biological influence that flips on a switch and changes an individual's sexual orientation from Heterosexual to homosexual. The sexual orientation of parent have little impact on the sexual orientation of their children. New paradigm views the development of sexual identities as diverse and complex. May be non-linear.
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ADA "people first" language
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In the 1970's this language was adopted, in which the disability was assigned a secondary role: people with disabilities, people with (cerebral palsy, learning disabilities, mental retardation, schizophrenia). The role of patient or sufferer is not supposed to be ascribed to the person with the disability. 1. person 2. then disability
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ADA paradigm shift
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the ADA moved policy from one of compensation to one of accommodation, from a medical model to a social model. That moved the location of the problem from teh individual to society. It now focuses on safeguarding the rights of people who are disabled, ie: public spaces would be accessible, job placement would have accommodations, etc...
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Write and describe "Stare"
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"Other's stares are an example of power relations between the subject position of people with disabilities and the able-bodied. Establishes the starer as normal and the object of the stares as different." Unwanted attention, always being on display, a power relation between and able bodied person and a disabled person. Unwanted attention is oppression.
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Words Wound from "Could you hold the door" article
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People with disabilities were defined as: cripples, the handicapped, the retarded, the schizophrenic. Words that are considered derogatory if used by outsiders about a person with disability.
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4 types of Disabilities
Definition
1. Sensory 2. Physical 3. Mental 4. Intellectual/Cognitive/Learning
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Population Distribution of Disability Compensation
Definition
161 million Americans are covered by Social Security Disability Insurance
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Disabilities- Visibility/Invisibility
Definition
A person can either have a physically seen disability or one that is invisible and cannot be seen, not immediately apparent.
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Abelism
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Is a form of discrimination or social prejudice against people with disabilities, favors able bodied people.
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Critical Multiculturalism
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1. Multidimensional,multifaceted, complex 2. Intersecting oppressions, they do not stand alone 3. Cannot study in isolation, creates a false picture 4. Oppressed groups operate differently but not separately 5. Categories overlap, cumulative nature of oppression
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Cultural Competency
Definition
refers to an ability to interact effectively with people of different cultures and socio-economic backgrounds, particularly in the context of human resources, non-profit organizations, and government agencies whose employees work with person from different cultural/ethnic backgrounds. It is the integration and transformation of knowledge about individuals and groups of people into specific standards, policies, practices, and attitudes used in appropriate cultural settings to increase the quality of services; thereby producing better outcomes. Requires an understanding of on'e own worldview and also those of the individuals and communities with whom one is working.
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5 faces of Oppression
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1. Exploitation 2. Marginalization 3. Powerlessness 4. Cultural Imperialism 5. Violence
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Repatriate
Definition
The forced removal of a person back to their native land. The Mexican repatriation during the Great depression removed many US citizens of Mexican ancestry, many of whom were born in the, meaning they weren't sent back to their native land.
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The "Forgotten Repatriation" Johnson article
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Many Americans are not aware of the forced removal of approx 1 million US and non-US citizens of Mexican ancestry, during the Great Depression. It was to save jobs for true Americans and reduce welfare. It is entirely absent from he national consciousness. The federal, state, and local governments worked together to involuntarily remove many US citizens of Mexican ancestry, thus violating the legal rights of the persons repatriated.
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Questioned status pressure of Mexican ancestry (adopt and abandon)
Definition
the repatriation put a strong pressures on Mexican community to assimilate into mainstream, adopt American values, and abandon their native languages and cultural traditions.
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What is The Patriot Act and what does it stand for?
Definition
Enacted in response to 9/11. Signed into law by W. Bush on 10/26/2001. Uniting and Strengthening America by providing appropriate tools required to intercept and obstruct the Terrorism Act of 2011.
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Universal Declaration of Human Rights, know who, when and where
Definition
Adopted by the UN 12/10/48 in Paris, France. It states "no one shall be subjected to aritrary arrest, detention or exile."
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New Mexico has how many pueblos?
Definition
19
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How many tribes does NM have and what are they?
Definition
3, Dine (Navajo Nation), Jicarilla Apache Nation, and Mescalero Apache Tribe
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Thanksgiving Holiday and Native American Population
Definition
This is a day that Native Americans remember the genocide of millions of their people, and theft of their land. Also a time honoring Native ancestors and their struggles of today. 22 years before the American Thanskgiving holiday, the Native American, Ohkay Owingeh, fed Onate and his colonist in 1598 while living in Northern NM.
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Definition of Native American historical trauma
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The collective complex trauma inflicted on groups who share a specific group identity or affiliation (ethnicity, nationality, religion), as well as the fact that the impact of the trauma is held personally and can be transmitted over generations. Emotional and psychological injury both over the life span and across generations.
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Dr. Duran's dissertation, exploration of what?
Definition
Focused on the construction of Nuevomexicanos and the "othering" of Lo Mexicana changed that perception and adopted New Mexican. Explored how the American/Anglos conquest of 1848 and subsequent events shaped race, class, and power relations in NM which resulted in the "othering" of lo mexicano and construction of Nuevo mexicano.
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New Mexico Statehood- when it happened and how long we struggled for statehood
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Occurred in 1912. Statehood took a 62 years. NM struggled for statehood from 1850 to 1912. New Mexicans were perveiced as a Spanish and Indian blood that inherit both worst characteristic of both races and unfit for US citizenship. They seemed to lack knowledge to govern the state.
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New Mexico Driver's License
Definition
2005 NM representative Miguel Garcia initiated and supported the right of immigrants, undocumented or otherwise, to obtain a valid NM driver's license using a tax identification number instead of a social security number. This successful program enabled immigrants to not only drive legally, but to also obtain driver's insurance thereby protecting themselves and others on the road.
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Colonialism- defined generally as
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"a relationship of domination between an indigenous majority and a minority of foreign invaders" Issues of trust- survivor who meet denial when sharing their stories with others affects the survivors experience by intensifying their sense of isolation, loneliness, and mistrusts of society.
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The issue of mistrust
Definition
reinterpreting mistrust as a healthy reaction to historical trauma
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Identify Idigenist Stress Coping Model
Definition
Identifies how "cultural buffers" moderate the effects of historical trauma and microaggressions on the health of AIAN women. Highlights protective factors rather than pathology. Emphasized resilience. 4 cultural buffers 1. identity attitudes 2. enculturation 3. spiritual methods of coping 4. traditional healing practices
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Shirley Chisholm quote
Definition
The emotional, sexual, and psychological stereotyping of females begins when the doctor says:'It's a girl'."
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Paulo Friere quote
Definition
The unfinished character of human beings and the transformational character of reality necessitate that education be an ongoing activity... The pursuit of humanity, however cannot be carried out in isolation of individualism, but only in fellowship and solidarity; therefore it cannot unfold in the antagonistic relations between oppressors and oppressed. No one can be authentically human while he/she prevents others from being so."
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Bob Mullaly quote
Definition
"Social workers who are committed to social justice must join the struggle against oppression in all its forms and at all levels at which it occurs."
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Audre Lorde quote 1
Definition
"There's a part of me that likes being different, unique and special. but what's difficult is to not fit in anywhere. Not as a Greek single parent or a lesbian single partent. Most lesbians who are mom are in couples. My sense of self is constantly from within, I don't get benefit of either community."
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Audre Lorde quote 2
Definition
Oppression and the intolerance of difference come in all shapes and sizes and colors and sexualities... If we truly intend to eliminate oppression and achieve human liberation, heterosexism, and homophobia must be addressed
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Dr. Maria Yellowhorse (Michaels article) Bravheart defined historical trauma as
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"a constellation of characteristics associated with massive cumulative group trauma across generations."
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Intention and purpose of GRAB
Definition
Give back to the community. Reciprocally, prayers for well-being from the community.
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Audres Lorde quote 3
Definition
It is not difference which immobilizes us, but silence. And there are so many silences to be broken."
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