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SW383 human diversity
Final Review
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Social Work
Undergraduate 2
04/26/2015

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Sexism
Definition
the preferential treatment of males over females
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heterosexism
Definition
the assumption that everyone is and should be heterosexual
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homophobia
Definition
irrational fear of: aversion to, or discrimination against people who identify as being homosexual
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intersex
Definition
A set of medical conditions that features congenital anomaly of the reproductive system.  That is a person with this condition is born with sex chromosomes, external genitalia or an internal reproductive system not considered the standard for either female or male.
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transgender
Definition
Those who do not identify or are uncomfortable with their assigned gender and who transgress traditional sex and gender categories
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Feminism
Definition

Reality that women all over the world face some kind of oppression

A commitment to uncover and understand what causes and sustains oppression

A commitment to work individually and collectively to end all forms of oppression, whether based on age, sex, gender etc. 

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Feminism is not
Definition

Anti-male

A white womans movement

Does not belong only to females

 

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Feminism is
Definition

theory of political, economic and social equality of the sexes

 

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ADA people first language
Definition
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ADA paradigm shift
Definition
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ableism
Definition
a pervasive system of discrimination and exclusion that oppresses people who have mental, emotional or physical disabilities.
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population distribution of disability compensation
Definition

70% are white

17% are black

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four types of disabilities
Definition

Sensory

Physical

Mental

Intellectual/cognitive

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the stare
Definition
the oppression of unwanted attention
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cultural competency
Definition
requires an understanding of one's own worldview and also those of the individuals and communities with whom one is working.
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repatriate
Definition
to bring or send back to his or her country
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New Mexico's Driver License
Definition
2005-at the state level, passed bill to provide driver’s licenses with tax
number rather than social security number
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Young's five faces of oppression
Definition
Marginalization, exploitation, powerlessness, violence, cultural imperialism
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Critical Multiculturalism
Definition
• Moving beyond learning about and appreciating diversity to engage in an exploration of the multiple and complex power relations of differences and mechanism of oppression that operate in our society
• Requires the ability to conceptualize more than one difference at a time… many differences within and between cultural groups
• Focuses on emancipation (free from control of another)
• Views identity formation as socially constructed and changing
• Believes that self-reflection promotes changes of perspective
• Makes no pretense of neutrality
• Is concerned with the contextualization of inequalities and how power has operated historically.
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Five groups of multiculturalism spectrum
Definition
Race/ethnicity
Ability/disability
Sex/gender
class
sexual orientation
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Shirley Chisholm:
Definition
The emotional, sexual, and psychological stereotyping of females begins with the doctor says: “it’s a girl.”
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Audre Lorde:
Definition
“It is not difference which immobilizes us, but silence. And there are so many silences to be broken”
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Dr. Paulo Freire:
Definition
The pursuit of full humanity… cannot be carried out in isolation or 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 or she prevents others from being so.” “The unfinished character of human beings and the transformational character of reality necessitate that education be an ongoing activity…”
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Dr. Maria Yellow Horse brave Heart
Definition
“A constellation of characteristics associated with massive cumulative group trauma across generations.”
“A collective complex trauma inflicted on a group of people who share a specific group identity or affiliation-ethnicity, nationality, and religious affiliation. It is the legacy of numerous traumatic events a community experiences over generations and encompasses the psychological and social responses to such events.”
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Bob Mullaly
Definition
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28. Michael Article: Indigenest Stress Coping Module
Definition
• Indentity Attitudes- the extent to which one internalizes or externalizes attitudes towards oneself and one’s group
• Enculturation-The process by which individuals learn about and identify with their culture (acculturation-dominant)
• Spiritual methods of coping- associated with both adjustment to stressful life events and physical and mental health
• Traditional Healing practices- use of herbal medicine, seat lodge, vision quest, ceremony, etc.
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Thanksgiving Holiday and Native Americans Population:
Definition
Is a National Day of Mourning. Many Native Americans do not celebrate the arrival of the Pilgrims and other European settlers. To them, Thanksgiving Day is a reminder of the genocide of millions of their people, the theft of their lands, and the relentless assault on their culture. Participants in National Day of Mourning honor Native ancestors and the struggles of Native peoples to survive today.
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New Mexico 19 Pueblos:
Definition
Acoma, Cochiti, Isleta, Jemez, Laguna, NAmbe, Ohkay, Owingeh, Picuris, Pojoaque, Sandia, San Felipe, San ildefonso, Santa ana, santa clara, santo domingo, taos, tesuque, zia, zuni
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New Mexico Tribes:
Definition
22 tribes
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Colonialism- Issues of trust:
Definition
Defined as “a relationship of domination between an indigenous majority and a minority of foreign invaders”
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Sexual orientation as part of the multicultural spectrum
Definition

Multiple identities and they intersect

None of the categories stand alone

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Garnett Article on sexual orientation old paradigm vs new paradigm
Definition

Old paradigm put people in rigid categories of heterosexual vs homosexual

 

New paradigm conceptulizes sexual orientation as flexible, complex, multifaceted

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ADA people first language
Definition
peoples first language was adopted in which the disability was assigned a secondary role
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ADA paradigm shift
Definition
the ADA moved policy from one of compensation to one of accomodation
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Forgotten repatration
Definition
Many of Americans have not heard of the forced removal of approximantly 1 million people that were US citizens as well as non US citizens of the Mexican ancestary from the US during the Great Depression
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Questioned status pressure (adopt and abandon)
Definition

the repatriation campaign by placing the status of all persons of Mexican ancestry in the US into question placed strong pressures on the Latino/a community to assimilate into the mainstream

 

adopt American values and abandon their native language and cultural traditions

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What is the Patriot Act?
Definition
The United and Strenghtening America by providing appropriate tools required to intercept and obstruct terroism act of 2001
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Universal Declaration of Human Rights (who,when, where)
Definition

Adopted by the United Nations

December 10, 1948

Paris, France

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Native American Historical Trauma
Definition
is shared by a collective groip of people who experience the consequences of the event as well as the fact that the impact of the trauma is held personally and can be transmitted over generations
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Dr. Durans dissertation Exploration of what?
Definition
The existence of Mexicans how the American conquest of 1848 and subsequent key events shaped race, class and power relations in NM resulting in "othering" of lo Mexicano and a concurrent of lo Nuevomexicano there were many consequences of the 1848 conquest in NM
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NM statehood
Definition
Nm couldnt get statehood because they were thought of as not being good enough to be a part of of the US. They seemed to lack any knowledge to govern the state. NM became statehood in 1912
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Bob Mullaly quote
Definition
"Social workers who are commited to social justice must join the struggle against oppression in all its forms and at levels at which it occurs."
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Words wound
Definition

learning to be sensitive when it comes to people with disabilities

Examples calling someone mentally retarded or schizophrenic are hurtful words. 

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