1. The way you talk, behave, dress, think, your family rules
Culture
The way you talk, behave, dress, think, your family rules

2. Diversity The unique differences between people Ethnicity Race
Religion
Gender
Sexual Orientation
Age

3. Co-Cultural Communication
The communication among people from a variety of different cultures

4. Overlapping Social Communities
Small cultural groups within a larger culture. We can belong to several.
Family
School
Gender
Religion
Friends

5. Ethnocentrism
We think our own culture is superior and we judge all other cultures as inferior. Ethnocentrism can include sexism and homophobia.

6. Cultural Relativism
No culture is superior to any other culture. We try to respect cultural differences although they may seem strange to us at first.

7. Power Distance
The equality or inequality felt between people in a culture.
Large power distance: slavery or a caste system.
Small power distance: equal opportunities for all

8. Uncertainty Avoidance
How a culture handles change and accepts uncertainty.

9. Long Term vs. Short Term Orientation
How a culture manages time.
U.S. is short term oriented:
Fast food, pay with a phone, shop online, etc.

10. Masculinity vs. Femininity
Some cultures have set roles for men and women, that we Americans might see as Sexism.

16. Cultural Imperatives:
Reasons to study culture and diversity.

17. Peace Imperative: Global community
People are dependent on each other to maintain peace.

18. Economic Imperative
Countries are interdependent, shaping a global economy

19. Technological Imperative
The world is getting smaller because of technological advances

20. Self-Awareness Imperative
It helps us to be more open-minded and tolerant.

21. Ethical Imperative
This can guide us in doing what is right verses what is wrong in various cultures.
Different cultures value different things.

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23. What are human rights? Fundamental moral rights of ALL PEOPLE.
The right to a life with human dignity.

24. Do you believe in human rights for all people?
Where does Cultural Relativism end and human rights begin? Are the two ideas compatible?

25. Peace Imperative We are a global community.
People are dependent on each other for peace.

26. Economic Imperative
Countries are interdependent, shaping a global economy

27. Technological Imperative
Technological advances have made the world more accessable.

28. Self-Awareness Imperative
We become more open-minded and less ethnocentric.
We never fully understand our own culture until we have studied other cultures.

29. Ethnicity and Race
Ethnicity refers to a social group with shared history, shared identity, shared traditions
Race refers to the physical characteristics of an individual.

30. Racism

31. Mental and Physical Challenges
Don’t be overly helpful.
Avoid staring.
Focus on the person, not the disability.