Multicultural Matrix and Analysis
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Multicultural Matrix and Analysis Worksheet
Instructions:
Part I: Select and identify six groups in the left-hand column. Complete the matrix.
Part II: Write a summary.
Part III: Format references consistent with appropriate course-level APA guidelines.
Part I
What is the group’s history
in the United States?
What is the group’s
population in the United
States?
What are some attitudes
and customs people of this
group may practice?
What is something you
admire about this group’s
people, lifestyle, or society?
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Part II
Summarize what you learned from this activity in a 350- to 700-word analysis of the advantages of a multicultural society and labor force. Use the
following questions to guide your writing:
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How has U.S. society used each group’s culture to construct the group identity? How has each group been stereotyped? How accurate are
these stereotypes?
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How does the social concept of race relate to each group? What prejudice has each group faced?
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How do the behavior and thinking patterns of U.S. culture apply to each group, especially regarding class systems and employment?
Write your analysis here:
Part III
Format your sources consistent with appropriate course-level APA guidelines.
Write the references for your sources here:
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Multicultural Matrix and Analysis
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---University of Phoenix Material
Multicultural Matrix and Analysis Worksheet
Instructions:
Part I: Select and identify six groups in the left-hand column. Complete the matrix.
Part II: Write a summary.
Part III: Format references consistent with APA guidelines.
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Part I: Matrix
What is the group’s history in the
United States?
What is the group’s
population in the United
States?
What are some attitudes and
customs people of this group
may practice?
What is something you
admire about this group’s
people, lifestyle, or
society?
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This group is also known as black The total population of The
African
American The
body
structure
of
American or Africo-American or African American in united culture is very important in African Americans are very
American Negros and origin place states is 37,000.000. This is American culture because strong, due to this body
of this group is Africa. The first the 12 % of total population African
African arrived in united states in of
united
states.
American
culture structure they have much
The affected the American culture working
stamina.
I
1619 as indentured servant and population of non-Hispanic at very large scale. The appreciate this quality of
settled in Jamestown (Virginia). black is 36,701,103 and the African culture had brought this group. Their lifestyle is
After that more and more African population
1. African American
of
black by African people who came dominated
here
slavery and working labor and
contributed
they treated as slaver (1). After
culture. Due to slavery and become very popular in all
sometime they could legally raised
persistence
crops and cattle to purchase their
discrimination, the African African American culture
freedom. Africans raised families,
American culture developed like as hair style, fashion
marring other African and many
separately from mainstream language, music and arts
time intermarrying with native
of American culture. Today strongly established as a
Americans and English settlers.
the African American culture part of American way of
During the 1770s, they helped
is significant part of USA. life. These parts of African
colonists’
Their music is rooted in American life style are very
secure American independence by
polyrhythmic music of ethnic attractive and appreciated
defeating
group of Africa. The song by others.
English
the
British
in
the
a
servant
African
were brought for the purpose of Hispanic is 884, 947.
rebellious
as
by
in
of
and culture. African American
American culture in last past years has
racial America. Some part of
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American
revolution.
James
‘lift every voice and sing’ is
Armistead who was an African
sang
American played a very big role in
American in addition to the
1781 Yorktown victory. Prince
national anthem, “the star-
Whipple and Oliver Cromwell
spangled banner”.
were
some
African
other
American
prominent
who
was
depicted in the front of the boat in
George
1776
Washington’s
crossing
the
famous
Delaware
portrait. During the American civil
war,
the
Abraham
American
president
Lincoln
signed
emancipation proclamation and
declared under this proclamation
that all slave in state which had
seceded from the union were free.
This is the whole history of
African American in united state.
by
many
African
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The Alaska native brotherhood
The total population of The Alaska native are divided This group is culturally
was found in 1912. Alaska native Alaska native is 106,660 in into many sub groups like as very
Athabascan,
congress in 1971 to settle their
holikachuk,
land and claims and provide
tanacross. These many group fallow subsistence lifestyle.
establishment
Alaska
of Alaska Native have own Their culture, tradition and
to
culture and customs like as lifestyle depend on wild
regional
2. Alaska Native.
Their
claims settlement act passed by 2006.
of
13
corporations
han, commitment to their values
kolchan, is very appreciable. They
administer their claim. Generally
ahtan
they treated separately from native
nomadic and they travel for food very much.
Americans in united states for
food according to seasons.
example they allowed harvesting
of
whale
mammals
and
other
marine
under
the
marine
mammal’s protection act 1972.
According
to
united
states
supreme court decision in Alaska
vs. native village venetie tribal
government case, Alaska native
tribe government does not have
the power to collect taxes for
people
Ahtna,
strong.
are
semi- food. They like fish as a
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business on tribal land. Reason is
that they do not hold reservation.
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The
Indian
Americans
were The total population of
The Indian American culture This ethnic group is also
granted naturalization rights in Indian American in USA is have own specific characters wealthy in their culture.
USA after luce-celler act of 1946. from
1,501,782
to in
food,
entertainment, This ethnic group is very
The many Indian Americans came 2,765,815. This is from religion, and ethnicity. They religious group. The place
to
3. Indian American
the
USA
through
Indian 0.50% to 0.92% of the total brought Indian cuisine to of religion in their life is
communities in other countries population of USA.
USA
like united kingdom, Canada
restaurants in different cities. activities of their life are
Mauritius, nations of south east
They established Hindi radio affected by their religion.
Asia (Malaysia and Singapore),
stations and TV channels in They
south Africa, Surinam, Guyana,
high Indian populated areas. spirituality. Although they
Fiji, Kenya, Tanzania, Trinidad &
These Indian Americans form fallow many religions like
Tobago and Jamaica. They are
different religions like as Hindu, Jain, Muslim.
mostly
Jain,
Hindu, Muslim, Sikh and
Buddhist Christian, Muslim and
Christian and they established
Zoroastrian. They are most highly
their religion in united states.
Hindu,
educated
demographics.
in
Sikh,
American
and
opened
many very
important.
also
believe
All
in
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They are first Caribbean who The total population of They have retained much of We know that this ethnic
arrived in united states in late Bahamian American is the their cultural heritage. They group has emigrated from
nineteenth century and went to 31,984. This is 0.01% of the listen and perform junkanoo Caribbean
4. Bahamian
American.
countries
Florida to work in agriculture. USA”s population.
and rake –and-scrape music. (Bahamas), therefore their
They did work also as a laborer in
They are close to the classic culture and lifestyle
fishing, and spooning. The main
art of west Indian storytelling affected
factor
about characters like Anansi culture.
which
influenced
immigration is poor economic
and
climate and opportunities and
Bahamian-style
short distance between Bahamas
weaving and canvas art).
and Miami. They gathered around
later
they
art
created
(straw
Conch, peas and rice,
some cities like as lemon city,
Johnny
coconut
(especially guava) are some
grave,
and
cutler.
Restrictive immigration policy of
the
1920
did
not
affected
Bahamian’s emigrations. They
continued their immigration. They
faced racism also. Blacks could
not vote. They were persecuted by
epithets in Miami press. They
were not allowed to stay in hotels
cake,
Bahamians foods.
and
duff
by
is
Caribbean
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that employed them. In 1921, Ku
Klux Klan staged a large rally
attacking these black immigrants
in Miami.
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A Dominican American means The total population of Their culture and custom is Music have important place
any American who originated in Dominican
Dominican
republic.
republic
in very unique and it is a mixture in their life. Merengue,
The united states is 1,356,361. of Spaniard, African and Bachata,
Reggaeton,
immigration of Dominican in the This is the 0.44 % of the taino cultures. They are rich House, Salsa, Rock, Hip
united states recorded in late 19th USA population (2009).
century.
The
Dominican
immigration
American
of
from
Dominic republic to united states
was influenced by many factors
5. Dominican
American.
these are political and economical.
Political turmoil in 1960s and
1970s and economic problems in
1960s.
Dominican
American
concentrates at the Eastern coast
of USA such as New York, New
jersey, Miami area, providence,
Rhode
island,
Lawrence
and
Boston. But other hand the west
coast of USA has less number of
Dominican American.
in culture, music and art.
Hop are some important
music
and
Dominican
dance
of
American.
These are very appreciable.
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The Bangladeshi American came The total population of Bangladeshi American has
in America
from Bangladesh. Bangladeshi American is emigrated from Bangladesh is celebrated with Bengali
Therefore
American
of from 72,237 to 143,619. (south Asian country) and dance and songs as well as
Bangladeshi descent. Maximum This is the from0.024% to Bangladeshi
Bangladeshi
6. Bangladeshi
American
The holidays and festival
Americans
are 0.065 % of US population.
people
have poetry
and
drama.
Bengali culture, therefore the Classical, light classical,
Bengalis. They emigrated from
Bangladeshi
Bangladesh, mainly from Sylhet
culture is affected by Bengali four main categories of
and Chittagong. These two places
culture. The Bengali culture music
have long history of maritime
is rich in dance and music and Dhrupad,
merchant. The first Bangladeshi
much of it is story based. Muslim qawaali are some
arrived in USA in early 1990s and
These strong folk traditions classic songs. These songs
become fastest growing ethnic
are remaining in
community. Maximum migrants
American communities.
settled in urban areas such as New
Bengali
York, Los Angeles, Chicago and
people eat fish and rice in
Detroit. Some authorities claims
their food items. You can say
that these people were illegal
that fish and rice have has
immigrant and some deported
much place in their culture.
under immigration act 1996.The
Los
Angeles
Bangladesh
association was created in 1971.
American devotional, and popular are
American
in
this
culture.
khayal
many are very appreciable.
In
culture
and
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Summarize what you learned from this activity in a 350-700 word analysis of the advantages of a multicultural society and labor
force. Use the following questions to guide your writing:
How has U.S. society used each group’s culture to construct the group identity? How has each group been stereotyped? How
accurate are these stereotypes?
How does the social concept of race relate to each group? What prejudice has each group faced?
How do the behavior and thinking patterns of U.S. culture apply to each group, especially regarding class systems and employment?
Part II:
Analysis
From Above discussed different ethnic groups, we have learned about Multiculralism. Multiculralism teaches us
about diversity and differences of cultures and societies and helping us to integrate diverse cultures into the larger society. In
multiculturalism, all cultures are respected. Generally multiculturalism is formed when people from many different countries
migrate to one place for example USA. Therefore we can say the multiculturalism is the explanation of how different cultural
groups construct a diversified society or group identity like USA. We can understand the construction of group identity from
above mentioned different ethnic group’s descriptions. The most important advantage of multicultural society is that the labor
force are available in diverse. These diversified labor force contribute in country’s progress.
Stereotypes, prejudice, discrimination and racism are some other words which are used to understand culture other
aspects of society. Stereotype is generalization about special group or types of individual. You can also say that the Stereotype
is popular belief about a particular person or group of person. We made stereotype in some condition when we are unable to
obtain all of the information about a special group. In this situation we make some information about a special group and in
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absent of total picture about this special group we use this information to fulfill this absent information of total picture. These
stereotypical generalizations are reasonably accurate in many cases because we have made a generalization in every case and
the root of this generalization is founded in our experiences. Our experiences vary case to case.
Prejudice is another word which explains our knowledge about unknown things or special group or type of
individuals. The prejudice is a prejudgment or preconceived judgment about someone or something like as special groups or
type of individuals about race, gender, ethnicity and social classes. The prejudice is also known as belief without knowledge of
the total fact. Some time we are confused about stereotype and prejudice but some differences are founded in stereotype and
prejudice. These differences I am explaining here. In one hand, the prejudice means abstract-general preconception or attitude
about something or someone, in other hand stereotype means generalization about something or someone that reduce
complexity.
Therefore, the stereotype and prejudice are the social concepts. On the basis of these social concepts like stereotype
and prejudice we are able to make some decisions or attitude about society or culture of people or group of people. Some people
have attitude about African American, on the basis of some history and pictures without the knowledge of total facts, that they
are lazy, unintelligent, and violence-prone. We have some more social concepts that other ethnic groups are generally
intelligent, lovely, and friendly like Caucasian ethnic group. Here, I want to say that every ethnic group or person face these
social concepts. We can understand these social concepts from above discussed six ethnic groups of America. These social
concepts affect the behavior and thinking pattern of people. In the USA, these behaviors and thinking patterns are also affected
by these social concepts like as stereotype and prejudice. These behaviors and thinking patterns could seen in class system and
employment, for example the African American are backward compare to white man because they have less opportunity
compare to white man.
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Format your sources consistent with APA guidelines.
1. Hashaw, Tim (January 21, 2007). "The First Black American-us news and world report”
2. "The Emancipation Proclamation",
Part III:
Sources
3.National Archives and Records Administration,
4..data set: 2008 American community survey: survey
5. Alaska Department of Labor & Workforce Development. (2006). Alaska Department of Labor & Workforce Development,
Research & Analysis. Retrieved on 2007-05-23.
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7. Reamers, David. Other Immigrants: The Global Origins of the American People. New York, NY: New York University
Press, 2005. 70-80. Print. .
8.Population group: Bangladeshi alone
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