Discovering Self and Others: A Reflective Journey
Edition: 2
Copyright: 2022
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Discovering Self and Others: A Reflective Journey explores diversity, equity, inclusion, and the social factors that shape individual and collective experiences. The book introduces the foundations of culture, communication, and intercultural interaction before examining barriers such as bias, stereotypes, prejudice, and discrimination. It also addresses topics including privilege and power, age, immigration, socioeconomic status, gender and sexuality, religion, appearance discrimination, ableism, and the history of race in the United States, encouraging readers to reflect on identity, relationships, and society through a broad examination of diversity-related issues.
Chapter 1: Diversity Overview
What Is Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion?
The Benefits of Diversity
Chapter 2: The Basics of Culture
Chapter 3: Barriers to Diversity Appreciation: Implicit Bias, Stereotypes, Prejudice, and Discrimination
Chapter 4: Communication
Chapter 5: Conflict Resolution
Chapter 6: Privilege & Power
Institutions and Structures
Privilege (The Flipside of Oppression)
Chapter 7: What’s age got to do with culture? Age, Aging, and the Generations in the U.S
Chapter 8: Immigration
Chapter 9: Socioeconomic Stratification
Chapter 10: Gender and Sexuality
Chapter 11: Religion
Religious Universes and Spiritual Lives
Becoming Religious: Navigating Beliefs, Negotiating Expressions
Chapter 12: Appearance Discrimination
Global Beautyism
Workplace Weightism
Chapter 13: Why Ableism Exists Despite Legislation
Chapter 14: A survey of race in the U.S.: Past to Present