Defenetions

1. Affluence = wealth.

Abu Dhabi is an example of an affluent society.

The opposite of affluence is poverty.

2. Ethnicity = culture, origin, background, traditions, way of life, customs.

The ethnic diversity in the UAE is abundant.

3. Ability = power, faculty, capacity, capability, facility.

Example: God blessed all human beings with the ability to think.

4. Diversity = variety, assortment, multiplicity, range, mixture.

Cultural diversity is a big part of metropolitan cities.

5. Assimilation = absorption, incorporation, digestion, ingestion, inculcation.

It’s easier for children to assimilate information than adults can.

6. Demographics = study of population.

Population demographics in the UAE are changing as people have started moving to rural areas as opposed to the big cities.

7. religion = beliefs and worship.

Religion is a spiritual belief in a higher being than yourself.

8. race = ethnic group, nation, tribe.

Race differs across different regions in the world.

9. multiculturalism = variety of cultures.

Multiculturalism can be seen throughout the world now as the ability to relocate abroad has become cheaper than it was a decade ago.

10. personality = characteristics making somebody appealing.

A person's personality defines their behavior in society.

11. prejudice = bias.

Negative prejudice surrounds the middle east and central asia since the terrorist attack on 9/11.

12. Acculturation = the mixing of different cultures.

It means different cultures borrowing from each other.

13. Bias = prejudice.

Political bias has been a feature of the mass media since its birth with the invention of the printing press.

14. Discrimination = treating people differently through prejudice.

Martin lutherking and Malcom X fought discrimination in the USA against African Americans.

15. Fringe = any border or edging.

Hippies and anti-Vietnam War protesters were a group of people who lived on the fringe of society in the 1960s.

16. Population = the number of people.

Population worldwide is increasing daily.

17.Stereotyping = to categorize individuals or groups according to an oversimplified standardized image or idea.

An example of stereotyping that Westerners had an image that all Muslims are terrorists.

18. Gender = sex.

There are two genders, male and female.

19. Resistance = against something.

Dictators show resistance against democracy.

20. Advantage = having the upper hand at something.

Having a good poker face is always an advantage in confusing others.

21. Racism = being against anything different from yourself such as; skin color, ethnicity or religion.

There is a lot of racism against Muslims nowadays.

22.Ethics = knowing the difference between what is acceptable and what is not.

An example if ethical behavior is acting in an environmentally  friendly way.

23. Productivity = being efficient in producing something.

People’s productivity is highest before lunch time.

24. Behaviour = the way a person behaves with others.

An adult’s behavior is based on how they were raised as children.

25. Belief = Blind trust in something.

Religion is a belief in a higher being than yourself.

26. Majority = a way of saying something is more than 50%.

Majority of voters elected Obama as the president of the United States.

27. Income = the money that a person makes in a Specific Period.

The monthly income differs from one to another. 

28. Adverse = bad, harmful.

We didn't travel to Egypt this year because of the adverse political conditions they have.

29. Values = beliefs.

I value my religion very highly.

30. Traditions = habits could act that shows the place someone was raised in.

Camel racing is considered one of the biggest UAE’s traditions.

31. Generation = people born in a certain era or time period.

Baby boomers is a generation born after world war II and were raised up to the year of 1964.

32. Sensitivity = is being emotional and more aware of others feelings.

She’s sensitive when it comes to blonde jokes about her “blonde” hair.

33. Slang = informal version of a language.

‘Wassup bro”.

34. Ethnocentrism = its perspective from your own background.

Pakistan and India are very ethnocentric about each other’s culture although they are very similar.

35. Stratification = a firm division between sects.

The state laws in the US are severely stratified between different states in the country.

36. Socio-cultural = relating to society & culture.

Picasso's socio-cultural perspective was anti-war.

37. Resident = the place that a person lives in.

Getting a UAE resident visa has been hard for Egyptians recently.

38. Poverty = being poor to the point that won’t have money to buy or get food.

Somaliland has been struggling with poverty for a long period.

39. Nationality = the status of belonging to a particular nation by origin, birth, or naturalization.

It’s easier to change nationality nowadays than it was 60 years ago.

40. Minority = it’s the qualitative way to say less than 50% .

Minority is the opposite of majority.

41. Class = group.

Taxes are based on different classes of society’s income (USA).

42. Globalization = when barriers between countries are fading .

Pizza has become an international dish.

43. Virtual = thing that you cannot physically touch or feel.

Dreams are virtual.

44. Barriers = limits, boundaries.

There are very limited barriers to set up a business in the UAE.

Blindsight

1.What types of cultural diversity are present in the movie?

Erik, a blind American who travels to Tibet, comes from a culture that considers blindness a handicap that can be over come. When he got to Tibet he encountered a completely different culture. The Tibetans view blindness as a punishment for a person's sins when they are reincarnated. He, with the aid of a German woman who had set up a school for the blind in Tibet, was working to take on this discrimination . Their Christian origins strengthened their convictions as opposed to the prejudice brought on by the Buddhist traditions.

2.What are some of the challenges people in the movie encounter?

The video shows the adventure that Erik had while guiding blind children up Mount Everest. At such high altitudes the oxygen levels are very low making it hard to breathe. The blind children faced this difficult challenge in addition to performing it without sight. The video also shows the challenge  that Erik went through because his mother died and he became blind when he was very young. Also, there was a family of a widower with two sons and a daughter who were all blind. The daughter encountered the additional challenge of growing up without a mother.

3.What are some examples of stereotyping, prejudice, bias and/or discrimination in the video?

The video gives up many examples of discrimination. The most essential was the bias the Tibetans had against blind people. Tashi, the street kid experienced this when trying to fit in with other children. He also was a victim of self inflicted discrimination. He pretended to be Tibetan because he thought Chinese people couldn't climb the mountain. Furthermore the Chinese couple who took him in and mistreated him and forced him to beg for money.

4.What challenges do people face as a result of personality rather than culture? 

It's not always a culture that is the cause of discrimination. The Chinese couple show us that sometimes people's personalities can be the reason for prejudice. They beat Tashi for not begging for enough money or having money stolen from him. Their nature caused them to treat other humans like an animal. In a way Tashi's personality and upbringing caused him to discriminate against himself when he believed that Chinese people wouldn't be allowed to join the expedition.

5.What benefits are there for the people in the movie as a result of their differing cultures?

Many benefits can be seen by surrounding oneself with different cultures. The Tibetan girl's encounter with the westerners eventually resulted in her getting a place in an English school and realising her dream to become a teacher. Other than that, Tashi's experience led him coincidentally  to his father. Most significantly, the fact that each person in the group came from different backgrounds encouraged them to find a common ground and treat each other with understanding