Political Science 2246E Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Ethnocentrism, Melting Pot
15 Apr 2016
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Four groups of workplace diversity: gender, disabilities - physically and mentally, skin colour, ethnic and sociopolitical status - native people. As currently de ned not directly related to a person"s culture, nationality, or place of birth. A person"s race cannot be determined using a physiological test. No lab test can determine percentages of race, etc. Everyone is a mixture of races, just more to one extent or another therefore inaccurate to label someone as one speci c race. Race was invented by white majority groups. People assigned race for administrative purposes (applying for a passport, survey groups, etc. ) Western civilization has ethnocentric tendencies when assigning races. Ex: white people are predominantly racist, but that depends on where you live in the world. Cultural cues: ways of dress, accents, religious adornments. Discrimination is unlawful when there are negative repercussions that come along with it. Ex: not hiring someone based on discrimination, no consideration for promotion, less pay, etc.
