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Examples Of Accommodation Strategies Of Minority Identity Development

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The three ultimate goals are the assimilation strategies, accomodation strategies, and the separation strategies. I believe the best pattern of all the strategies would be the assertive accommodation strategy. I believe it's important to balance the communication between co-cultural and dominant groups of people while also communicating self, educating others, and doing intragroup networking. It’s important for all members of the work force to feel comfortable speaking freely and openly about themselves as well as speaking up if they feel unsure of something. More education is not enough to end discrimination and prejudice because school is not the only place where these behaviors may be learned or picked up at. There are many other places …show more content…

The differences in the majority identity development is the stages are a bit different. The first stage for the majority identity development is unexamined identity- individuals may be aware of some physical and cultural differences, but they do not fear the other or think much about their own identity. The next is acceptance- it represents the internalization, conscious or unconscious, of a racist (or biased) ideology. After that, comes resistance- it involves a move from blaming minority members for their condition to naming and blaming their own dominant group as a source of problems. Next, comes redefinition- when people begin to refocus or redirect their energy toward redefining their identity in a way that recognizes their privilege and works to eliminate oppression and inequalities. Finally the last stage is integration - majority group individuals are now able to internalize their increased consciousness and integrate their majority identities into all other facets of their identity. The differences between these stages are that the minority group are the ones facing the oppression, discrimination, and have to “conform”, while the majority group does not deal with such issues rather deals with having to unlearn these misconceptions and labels about certain groups of people. The identity development of a multicultural/ biracial person differs from these two models because they tend to feel as if they do not fit in anywhere, where children from both minority and

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Readers also learn about assimilation and acculturation. According to the text, assimilation is “the coming together of two distinct cultures to create a new and unique third cultural form” (Pg. 200). Acculturation “involves taking on the cultural ways of another group, usually those of the mainstream culture” (Pg. 201). In chapter nine, a variety of mental health issues associated with racial groups are discussed, such as: trauma.

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Essentially these individuals keep a tie to an ethnic identity merely for enjoyable aspects associated with that ethnicity; which makes their ethnicity optional. Waters explains how symbolic identities are confined to White Americans, and minorities are not really given the option. She also mentions how the meanings people assign to race or ethnicity differ among minorities than whites. White ethnicities are given the opportunity and choice of how they identify themselves, while remaining socially acceptable in society. They are not influenced by the way

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So many groups are discriminated against and it affects a lot of lives. Does points out that, “While legal changes and shifts in social norms dictate non-discrimination, group-based disparities continue to exist in important domains of life, such as income, housing, and health” (Does 1). This quote explains how even though things are being done to cut down on discrimination, it still exists and affects lives in, generally, a negative way. According to Does, “As Ellemers and Barreto have made clear, we cannot presuppose minorities’ awareness of implicit bias given the subtle, modern forms of discrimination” (Does 1). This last quote shows that as much as people may try to raise their kids to have an open mind and give everyone a fair chance because we’re all human, everyone grows up with some exposure to discrimination.

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