ORG6499 Week 2 Discussion - What Is Culture

Week 2 Discussion Forum

ORG6446

What Is Culture? Types of Culture, Elements of Culture, Characteristics of Culture [WLOs: 1, 2, 3] [CLOs: 1, 2, 3, 4]

Prior to beginning work on this discussion forum,

· Read Chapter 2  in  Diversity, Cultural Humility, and the Helping Professions: Building Bridges Across Difference and investigate the topics of cultural identity, acculturation, assimilation, immigration, genocide, and multiculturalism.

· Examine  What Is Culture? Types of Culture, Elements of Culture, Characteristics of CultureLinks to an external site. .  

Each of us uses remnants from our culture to determine our cultural identity and the social rules associated with membership. This may include language, food/drinks, values, belief systems, rituals and traditions, techniques, tools, and skills that can be associated with each culture. These practices and behaviors help determine various social interactions that influence relationships.

In your initial discussion post, explore these topics:

· Describe your cultural identity using the culture wheel.

· Identify the ways that you may have altered your cultural identity in order to assimilate and acculturate into the American culture and include the usage of language, the adoption of values, traditions, rituals, foods, tools, objects, and so forth.

· Describe the advantages and disadvantages of the use of the term multiculturalism.

· Summarize the historic and systemic societal bias found in the helping professions (i.e., public health and law enforcement) against minorities.

· Analyze the methods used in medicine against various groups in Nazi Germany that can be attributed to antisemitism, genocide, and ethnic cleansing.