ICoCo Cohesion Integration and Openness, From Multi to Inter Culturalism
+ Multi- culturalism in the US Eric Flaxman US Embassy Warsaw April 2012.
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+Types of cultures
Culture
National Ancestry
Religion
Race
Region
AgeGender
Political beliefs
Socio-economic background
Language
+How does
impact U.S. culture?
DIVERSITYdiversity
Encourages openness and open-mindedness
Demands tolerance
Forces self-examination
Requires compromise and problem-solving
Individual and community freedoms
More political power for smaller groups
Many races
Many languages
Many religions
Many outward displays of culture
Many inward cultural values
Many different world views
Nation of nationsNation of Nations
+Why did people leave and come to “The new world”
Religious tolerance (Quakers, Puritans, Jews, Catholics)
Class structure/Inmobility
Wars
Displacement (Poland is a good example)
Famine (Irish Potato famine of the 1840’s)
Economic Opportunities
Indentured Servants/Slavery/Prisoners (State of Georgia)
Recruited for work (Miners, Steel Workers, Farmers)
+My story
Father’s Family Great grandfather -came from Zvonetz, Ukraine in 1883 at
age 16 Escaped draft into the Russian Imperial army and charges
of smuggling from the Austrian empire across the river. Had an older brother who had come to Philadelphia earlier Came to Philadelphia and became a clothes presser and
then a farmer Grandfather became a union clothing worker-my father a
physician thanks to GI bill after WWII Here I am a 3rd generation American and a diplomat
+And this is my family:My daughter Alisha was born in southern China in 1995 and she is of Han Chinese originMy son, Travis was born in Guatemala in 2003 and is pure MayanWe are all Americans, so we represent a modern Multiculture family
Racial Identity
Non-Hispanic White: 68% (2050: 46%)
Hispanic: 15% (2050: 30%)
African American: 12% (2050: 15%)
Asian American: 5% (2050: 9%)
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census