diversity journals - 2nd half (18 short entries)

20/10 – a new study finds that diversity programs often make workplaces less diverse. Why fail? What do u think? What u learn about this article?

22/10 – LGBT health care: what to consider? Article from usnews. They deserve equal, respectful and knowledgeable care. Why?Then another Obamacare expands rights for transgender patients. Your thought - Feel good that someone step forward to start caring for LGBT issue. Reflection? What u learnt ?

24/10 – watch a video about same gender/ same sex marriage. Do u think right or wrong? Usa is legal but many other countries are illegal to have marriage with same sex. Esp Asian countries. Why? Highly cultured countries, older generation cannot accept. What can you do? how do u feel? Any experience on this issue? Happen on frens or family members

26/10 –LBGT group presentation. Discrimination at media, workplace, family, frens. What do u feel about that? What can you do to prevent? What u learn about this issue

28/10 – article about we need to have real conversations about race. Its says that Americans are engaging in too few intimate and honest conversation about racial division. Do u think so or not? What u learn about race? Anything can be done? From usnews

31/10 – watched a Heartwarming video, to inspire people that those disable, autism people can be so successful. Never give up. Some became great speaker, famous basketball player, all over the news. Disable was think as a bad thing. Make people exceptional but it is not. They are still the same

2/11 – diversity article or video – education department ask schools to combat anti muslim discrimination? Why people hate muslims? But many of them are just like us, normal people, harmless, helpless. Solution? We should learn and provide more education about what is muslim, talk to muslim.

4/11 – diversity news –despite progress, blacks are far from equal with whites from us news.com. why? Bad or good news? Why people who have different color skin have to suffer? What you learn? What is your opinion about this issue.

7/11 – my group presentation on appearance discrimination. Great presentation. Learn a lot about this topic. Wish there is better solution to help these people.

11/11 – appearance discrimination article – a girl who look like tomboy work at front desk fired by hotel because of her look. Just because she’s not pretty, not attractive. Fair or not fair? Have you ever think of her feelings? Solution – should hire base on skills and talent, not by appearance.

14/11 – transgender on tinder dating application - article from New York times. Now anyone can identify themselves. What do u think? good or bad? opinions

11/16 – social class discrimination group discussion – Marxism, Weberian… how social class impact the country in a positive or negative way? Classism and poverty at America’s classes. A video show that 2 children live in a truck and hesitate when people ask where they live…what can we do to help these people?

18/11 - Equal quality –social status- why black people lower class, provided lower education level, transportation not for free, the gap for white and black is big. How u u feel

21/11 - Low and high income – success only comes to those who deserve it success is based on internal factors. Lower class people tend to point towards environmental factor and external factors to explain their circumstances really? do u think so? What can be done in your opinion?

23/11 - Money - If you have the privilege, rich and asset, What ur parents taught u? use the money for yourself? Be richer? should u give back to society, help them, create opportunities for more? Your opinion?

25/11 – usa post-election reaction from citizen about the winning of donal trump– what would usa become in future? More diverse or less diverse? Good for the country? Good for global? What concern you the most?

2/12 – marzetti company’s diversity audit (presentation) – what have u learn about this company’s diversity audit? have good handle on diversity with ways to continuously grown and improve. Any concern? How do u feel? What can u do if it were u?