Cultural Humility in Life and in Work
Discussion Post:
Identify the change agent from your community, and provide a link to their work if available. Explain how this person has demonstrated cultural humility in their life and/or work. Explain what you admire about this person and what you would like to emulate and why. Then, summarize what you learned about the change agent’s motivations, challenges, and new understandings.
Resources:
Dolan, T. (2016, January 14). Connecting with the 'other'.Links to an external site. VolumeOne. https://m(dot)volumeone(dot)org/articles/2016/01/14/205781-connecting-with-the-other
Winters, J. (2002, May 1). Why we fear the unknown.Links to an external site. Psychology Today. https://www(dot)psychologytoday(dot)com/us/articles/200205/why-we-fear-the-unknown
Abumrad, J. (2020, June). How Dolly Parton led me to an epiphanyLinks to an external site. [Video]. TED. https://www(dot)ted(dot)com/talks/jad_abumrad_how_dolly_parton_led_me_to_an_epiphany/discussion
Kline, M. (2016, March 8). Celebrating our differences, connecting through our sameness.Links to an external site. The Higher Ed Workplace Blog. https://www(dot)cupahr(dot)org/blog/celebrating-our-differences-connecting-through-our-sameness/
Tapia, A. T. (n.d.). Viewpoint: For diversity to work, recognize differences, not just similarities.Links to an external site. https://www(dot)kornferry(dot)com/content/dam/kornferry/docs/article-migration/Briefings21_Viewpoint_p9-10.pdf
Cultural Humility and Diversity
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Cultural Humility and Diversity
Cultural humility involves sensitivity, learning, and reflecting on diverse cultures, cultural identities, cultural and personal biases, and cultural issues. This paper discusses Dolan, a language arts teacher at a middle school, as a change agent in my community.
Dolan has demonstrated cultural humility in his life and work in specific ways. Despite being a Christian, he has been reflecting on and teaching about Muslim experiences (Dolan, 2016). Dolan also reads books about different people and places to connect and learn about the outside world and identifies with the Holy Quran's readings. Additionally, he encourages a positive change for the community to connect with the global community, enhancing peace in the world (Dolan, 2016). Through his writings, he encourages people to read literature from faraway places to connect with the characters' life chall...