Stereotypes are not fact, they are just biased opinions people base on each other. The only way to really know how a person is to get to know them yourself and then form an opinion or thought about who they are. Relationships are powerful especially in the work place, that is why it is important to not let stereotypes affect your relationship with others. Our one-to-one connections with each other are the foundation for change. And building relationships with people from different cultures is key in building diverse communities that are powerful enough to achieve significant goals.
Cultural context portrays the diversity factors of relationships on a professional level. These factors include, but are not limited to: race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disabilities, and gender. Body language and the amount of eye contact are other areas that should be taken into when interacting with someone from another culture. An individual communicates differently on a daily basis. It varies because of mood and behavioral influences.
M3 –Discuss difficulties that may arise when implementing anti-discriminatory practice in health and social care settings. Your personal beliefs and values can have an influence on: Culture, beliefs, past events, socialisation Environmental influences Health and well-being Developing greater self-awareness and tolerance of differences Committing to the care value base Careful use of language Working within legal, ethical and policy guidelines How can our personal beliefs influence our values? Values are a person’s judgement of what is important in life. In a workplace an individuals personal beliefs may influence their values as they might need to do something that goes completely against their personal beliefs,
separate the people from the problem Separating the people from the problem means separating relationship issues (or "people problems") from substantive issues, and dealing with them independently. People problems tend to involve problems of perception, emotion, and communication. Perceptions are important because they define the problem and the solution. While there is an "objective reality," that reality is interpreted differently by different people in different situations. When different parties have different understandings of their dispute effective negotiation may be very difficult to achieve.
Many people use slang or Ebonics on a regular basis, but there may be serious consequences for some. Those who are highly literate are not likely to be affected by their slang, because they know when it is appropriate to be used. However, those who struggle with reading and writing may experience some negative effects of slang and Ebonics. There are many ways in which language can vary among homes and communities. Teaching is no different; there are many different variations used in the educational environment.
When cultural barriers exist, one must rely on nonverbal communication to relay the correct message. However, being knowledgeable of other cultures gestures and body language is essential. Here in America, we valuable others personal space. However, in Mexico being close to each other when engaged in a conversation is respectful. Eye contact can be a sign of respect in some culture but in others it may seem rude.
Different cultures have different meanings of symbols, interactions and language. What may be wrong or bad according to the culture in the United States will be different in other parts of the world. Ethnocentrism will be imposing your beliefs and or culture even passing judgments over a different culture based on your cultures beliefs, without understanding the culture at hand. Bad and good will be what we humans make of it. It is not natural law.
“If we hope to sift style from substance, and discredit the willful muddling of the two that makes the unfamiliar look exotic, then we are looking not just for family resemblances or a behavioral lowest common dominator, but for moral threads and themes that can anchor norms to recognizably objective values (Goodman, 2010)”. Relativism is the reference to a variety of diverse thoughts that people have. The moral relativism affirms that morality is not being centered on one complete custom. Morality is centered on several customs of cultures and other things. The moral relativism can be centered on a person’s faith, the beliefs that their family instilled in him or
Every culture is different in their own way, which is where many people today fail to understand. Discussing different cultures with people of another country can help give you an idea of how different your own country is from another. Talking to someone from another country enables one to have more respect for that person, because you are able to
When we talk of other cultures, we mean not only those who speak a language that is different from ours or who live in a different country or region; we also mean those who live in the same city or region but do not share the same social groups. Because of the dynamic nature of intercultural communication, the following dialectical approaches are emphasised. These approaches emphasise the procesccual, relational and contradictory nature of intercultural communication. Cultural individual dialectic recognises that a person may have some behaviour not shared by anyone else, perhaps a unique way of wrinkling your nose or a unique way of using language. However, you may also share communication patterns with those who have shaped you (family) and with whom you share other cultural practices.