1. describe yourself in a list of 5-7 words. 2. what is your native language (the language you spoke...
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1. Describe yourself
In a list of 5-7 words
2. What is your native language (the language you spoke when you first
learned to talk)?
VAR00001 Native Language
24 92.3 92.3 92.3
1 3.8 3.8 96.2
1 3.8 3.8 100.0
26 100.0 100.0
English
German
Mandinka
Total
ValidFrequency Percent Valid Percent
CumulativePercent
3. What other languages can you speak well enough to explain why you have missed class due
to a flat tire (without drawing pictures)?
VAR00002 Other languages
1 3.8 3.8 3.8
1 3.8 3.8 7.7
1 3.8 3.8 11.5
19 73.1 73.1 84.6
1 3.8 3.8 88.5
2 7.7 7.7 96.2
1 3.8 3.8 100.0
26 100.0 100.0
English
French
French, Spanish,Wolof, English
None
Portuguese
Sign language
Spanish
Total
ValidFrequency Percent Valid Percent
CumulativePercent
4. When was the last time you were in a place where most people had the same first (native) language that you do?
(in weeks)
VAR00003 Last in a place with same first language
24 92.3 92.3 92.3
1 3.8 3.8 96.2
1 3.8 3.8 100.0
26 100.0 100.0
.00
1.00
11.00
Total
ValidFrequency Percent Valid Percent
CumulativePercent
5. When was the last time you were in a place where most people didn’t have the same first (native) language that you
do? (in weeks)
VAR00004 Last in a place with other first language
2 7.7 18.2 18.2
1 3.8 9.1 27.3
1 3.8 9.1 36.4
1 3.8 9.1 45.5
2 7.7 18.2 63.6
1 3.8 9.1 72.7
1 3.8 9.1 81.8
1 3.8 9.1 90.9
1 3.8 9.1 100.0
11 42.3 100.0
15 57.7
26 100.0
.00
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10.00
12.00
52.00
104.00
208.00
350.00
520.00
Total
Valid
SystemMissing
Total
Frequency Percent Valid PercentCumulative
Percent
6. Have you ever been in a place where most people didn’t have the same first (native) language that you do?
VAR00016
10 38.5 38.5 38.5
16 61.5 61.5 100.0
26 100.0 100.0
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y
Total
ValidFrequency Percent Valid Percent
CumulativePercent
7. Have you ever been in a place where most people didn’t have the same first language that you do?
VAR00005 Ever in a place with other first language
1 3.8 3.8 3.8
1 3.8 3.8 7.7
2 7.7 7.7 15.4
1 3.8 3.8 19.2
1 3.8 3.8 23.1
1 3.8 3.8 26.9
1 3.8 3.8 30.8
1 3.8 3.8 34.6
1 3.8 3.8 38.5
2 7.7 7.7 46.2
1 3.8 3.8 50.0
1 3.8 3.8 53.8
1 3.8 3.8 57.7
1 3.8 3.8 61.5
1 3.8 3.8 65.4
7 26.9 26.9 92.3
1 3.8 3.8 96.2
1 3.8 3.8 100.0
26 100.0 100.0
"being in differentparts of towns"
"Hawaii - Japanese"
0
0.1429
10
104
12
208
350
52
520
any deaf gatheringI've been to
Canada
don't know
Miami FL in Spanishneighborhood
never
right now
vacation
Total
ValidFrequency Percent Valid Percent
CumulativePercent
At uml, more people are more like me than in places where I’ve gone to
school before
At uml, more people are more different from me
than in places where I’ve gone to school before
1 10
8.
In general, I think people
are happier when
they act more like
other people
In general, I think people are happier when they just “be themselves,” even if that is different from most other people
1 10
9.
I am pretty
traditional
I am kind of unconventional.
1 10
10.
I am most comfortable with familiar foods, clothes, and
people who look similar to me.
I like to be with people who have different tastes, different
backgrounds, and look different from me.
1 10
11.
I often like to read books about people like me.
I often like to read books about people different from me.
1 10
12.
I often like to watch TV shows about people like me.
I often like to watch TV shows about people different from me.
1 10
13.
I don’t really know what it would be like to be born a White, English
speaking person in the US.
I have a good idea what it would be like to be born a White,
English speaking person in the US.
1 10
14. Based on my life experience…
I don’t really know what it would be like to be born and raised in a Spanish-
speaking family in the US.
I have a good idea what it would be like to be born and raised in a Spanish-speaking
family in the U.S.
1 10
I don’t really know what it would be like
to be an immigrant from India
living in the US right now.
I have a good idea what it would be like to be an
immigrant from India living in the US right now.
I don’t really know what it
would be like to be a person of African descent living in the US
right now.
I have a good idea what it would be like to be a person of African descent living in
the US right now.
What do we mean when we say…
• Diversity
• Oppressed
• Marginalized
• Dominant
• People of Color
It helps to…
• Think about what the words really mean
• Think about what you really mean to say
Is race real?
Dimension – What is it? Dominant Group?
Culture – language; traditions; beliefs; norms
Race – visible characteristics
White
Ethnicity – language; national origin;
White European descent
Gender – social identity Men
Sexual Orientation - Straight – heterosexual
Social class, SES Socioeconomic status – income; network/resources; education; net worth; job title/prestige/position;
Ability/Disability Walk, see, hear, read,
Age Middle aged adults
Locality – language; English; not rural
Religion Christian
Intersection-ality
religionethnicity
I am…
How do cultures differ?
• Individualism vs collectivism
• Meaning of time
• How close is too close?
• How loud is loud enough?
What’s the difference?
• Minority – smaller part of the population (the non-dominant part of the population)
• Diversity – racial, cultural, ethnic, class difference in happy coexistence (difference on all dimensions)
• Dominance – power, instrumental resources• Oppression – mechanism of dominance – how
does the dominant group stay dominant?• Liberation -