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Culture
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Social Work
Undergraduate 2
02/20/2012

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Race

Definition
A biological concept that defines a group of people based on a set of physical characteristics
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Culture
Definition
A distinctive way of living that is built by a group of people.
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Cultural Comptetence
Definition

People have the capacity to work effectively with people from a certain culture.

 

 

 

Competence - Knowledge-Understand

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Culturally Sensitivity 
Definition

The ability to be open to learning about and accepting of different culture

 

 

Sensitvity - accepting

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Discrimination
Definition
To make distinctions on the basis of preference or prejudice.
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Ethnicity
Definition

Sharing a strong sense of idenity with a particular religous, racial, or national group.

 

 

Ethnicity - Identity

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Diversity
Definition
The condition of being different. No one is exculded -diversity is all of us. We come from different backgrounds, beliefs, cultures, races,creeds, ages.
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Multiculturalism
Definition

The recognition and acknowledgement that society is pluralistic. In addition to the dominant culture, there exsists many other cultures based aroud ethnicity, sexual orientation, geography, religion, gender, and class. 

 

Multiculturism -many

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Multiculturalism
Definition

The recognition and acknowledgement that soceity is pluralistic .

 

 

Multipluristic -many

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Internalized Oppression
Definition

A subconscience belief in negative sterotypes about one's group, that results in an attempt to fulfill those sterotypes. Results in fear, anxiety and uncertaininy

 

Internalized Oppression -negative sterotypes

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