1. describe yourself

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

.14

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

n

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 -