Multicultural Issues

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The cultural diversity of our country is continually increasing. It is estimated that by the year 2050, no more than 50% of the population will be of Anglo ancestry. In addition, advances in technologies have increased each person's ability and likelihood of interacting with people of cultural backgrounds quite different from his/her own. As a counselor, educator, or any other type of human service worker it is very important to be aware of your own cultural values as well as be sensitive to those of different cultures. This site will provide you with information about different cultures and some of the issues facing multicultural counseling. In order to understand how great is the vast number of different sub-cultures existing in the U.S, one must consider that sub-cultures exist according to gender, socioeconomic status, age, race, religion, ethnic heritage, and sexual orientation. The difficulty for many sub-cultures is that if they do not have the same physical characteristic, values, customs, or beliefs as the dominant culture then their culture is devalued and members may even be oppressed or subjugated due to the dynamics of the dominant cultural structure. It is my hope that this oppression and subjugation can be reduced through education, understanding and communication between groups. I hope this site may be the first step toward a minuscule bit of education.

Articles and Information:

Stages of Adaptation for Immigrant Children

Bi-racial Identity Issues for Children and Adolescents

Multicultural Considerations in Counseling:MCT Theory and Brief Narrative Therapy

Issues Involved in Multicultural Assessment and Counseling

Book and Reference List

Links:

Center for Multilingual Multicultural Research - strives to make language and culture part of the solution through research, publications, training, and public service.

Australian National University - Centre for Immigration & Multicultural Studies - links, mailing lists and publications.

Multicultural Education Reform Programs

Standards: An International Journal of Multicultural Studies - An international journal of multicultural studies.

National MultiCultural Institute - engages in development of multicultural and cross-cultural awareness through diversity training workshops, conferences, and educational resource materials

Kidproj Multicultural Calendar: New Year - children from around the world describe how their families celebrate the New Year.

Canadian Centre for Multicultural Development and Documentation - created in order to promote, document and explore multiculturalism in both Canadian and World contexts.

Multicultural Psychology Association - founded to help members of all cultures receive support and encouragement to pursue their educational, personal, and social goals.

MultiCultural Review - dedicated to a better understanding of ethnic, racial, and religious diversity. Written for teachers at all grade levels.

Multicultural Women

Multicultural Families - is your family a mix of culture and ethnicity and religion? Share your advice.

Children's Multicultural Literature Resource

Multicultural Resources in Children's Literature - Internet resources and annotated bibliographies of books from many cultures.

Multicultural Calendar 1999 - gives dates of the world's religions and festivals with explanations. An ethnic art calendar created for organizations with a diverse workforce.

MAIS: Multicultural Australia & Immigration Studies - information about the MAIS database, which covers research and resource materials relating to multicultural affairs, immigration issues and affiliated population studies.

Kitchener-Waterloo Multicultural Centre - providing a gateway to relevant multicultural and immigrant service resources on the Internet.

Multicultural Toys - offering ethnic, black, multicultural, and african style Barbie dolls, plus much more.

Social Action within a Multicultural Program in Language Enrichment - SAMPLE - teaches elementary and high-school students ways to better their community.

Please e-mail any comments, suggestions, or other good links I haven't mentioned to lacillo@aol.com

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