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Languages : en
Pages : 6
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Barriers
Author: Breaking Through the Assimilation Barriers
Author: Judith A. NimtzPublisher:
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Category : Assimilation (Sociology)
Languages : en
Pages : 220
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Win When They Say You Won't: Break Through Barriers and Keep Leveling Up Your Success
Author: Daphne E. JonesPublisher: McGraw Hill Professional
ISBN: 1264278004
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
Become the project manager of your career and advance in your job no matter what obstacles you face Have you ever met the requirements for a promotion, but still didn't feel qualified enough to take on the new role? Has a male colleague ever repeated what you just said in a meeting, and received positive feedback as if he said it first? Has anyone every implied that you should be less confident and direct, and more “likeable”? Innovation thought leader and former Fortune 50 executive, Daphne E. Jones has experienced her share of dog whistle disempowerment throughout her career—but she didn’t let it stop her. Instead, she developed an actionable system for overcoming imposter syndrome, negativity and building the career of her dreams—and now she shares her winning approach with you. In Win When They Say You Won’t, Jones walks you through the process of: Envisioning what success looks like to you Prioritizing your objectives and mapping out how to achieve them Working your plan, soliciting constructive feedback from other stakeholders, and altering your strategy as needed Reflecting on your accomplishments and lessons learned, while defining your next win "You don’t have to rely on what women, especially women of color, have needed to do for a hundred years—that is, to work twice as hard to get half as far,” Jones writes. “We can work twice as smart, just like businesses do, and go further than you ever imagined. Don’t wait for change to only come from above, you can use my strategies to advance right now, even in seemingly impossible situations.” Win When They Say You Won’t provides the inspiration, insights, and tools you need to deconstruct any momentum that has been set against you and take your career to the next level—starting now.
The New Second Generation
Author: Alejandro PortesPublisher: Russell Sage Foundation
ISBN: 1610444531
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
The children of the past decade's influx of immigrants comprise a second generation far different than any this country has known before. Largely non-white and from the world's developing nations, these children struggle with complex problems of racial and ethnic relations in multicultural urban neighborhoods, attend troubled inner city schools, and face discriminatory labor markets and an economy that no longer provides the abundant manufacturing jobs that sustained previous generations of immigrants. As the contributors to The New Second Generation make clear, the future of these children is an open question that will be key to understanding the long-range consequences of current immigration. The New Second Generation chronicles the lives of second generation youth in Miami, New York City, New Orleans, and Southern California. The contributors balance careful analysis with the voices of the youngsters themselves, focusing primarily on education, career expectations, language preference, ethnic pride, and the influence of their American-born peers. Demographic portraits by Leif Jensen and Yoshimi Chitose and by Charles Hirschman reveal that although most immigrant youths live at or below the official poverty line, this disadvantage is partially offset by the fact that their parents are typically married, self-employed, and off welfare. However, the children do not always follow the course set by their parents, and often challenge immigrant ethics with a desire to embrace American culture. Mary Waters examines how the tendency among West Indian teens to assume an American black identity links them to a legacy of racial discrimination. Although the decision to identify as American or as immigrant usually presages how well second generation children will perform in school, the formation of this self-image is a complex process. M. Patricia Fernandez-Kelly and Richard Schauffler find marked differences among Hispanic groups, while Ruben G. Rumbaut explores the influence of individual and family characteristics among Asian, Latin, and Caribbean youths. Nativists frequently raise concerns about the proliferation of a non-English speaking population heavily dependent on welfare for economic support. But Alejandro Portes and Richard Schauffler's historical analysis of language preferences among Miami's Hispanic youth reveals their unequivocal preference for English. Nor is immigrationan inevitable precursor to a swollen welfare state: Lisandro Perez and Min Zhou and Carl L. Bankston demonstrate the importance of extended families and ethnic community solidarity in improving school performance and providing increased labor opportunities. As immigration continues to change the face of our nation's cities, we cannot ignore the crucial issue of how well the second generation youth will adapt. The New Second Generation provides valuable insight into issues that may spell the difference between regeneration and decay across urban America.
Breaking Down Language and Cultural Barriers Through Contemporary Global Marketing Strategies
Author: Khosrow-Pour, D.B.A., MehdiPublisher: IGI Global
ISBN: 1522569812
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 339
Book Description
One of the most challenging obstacles for many businesses in successfully reaching a global market stems from cultural and language barriers and the lack of a clear understanding of this issue. It is critical for businesses to understand these cultural and language barriers and how to face them through effective communications and cultural sensitivity. The companies that will thrive and see the most success are the ones whose employees communicate and collaborate effectively with customers, suppliers, and partners all over the world. Breaking Down Language and Cultural Barriers Through Contemporary Global Marketing Strategies provides both empirical and theoretical research focused on ways that business professionals and organizations are breaking down cultural and language barriers, integrating cultural sensitivity, and implementing cross-cultural management practices into their daily business practices. Featuring research on topics such as origin effects, consumption culture, and cross-cultural management, managers, consultants, academic researchers, practitioners, business educators, and advanced students in various disciplines will find the content within this publication to be beneficial.
Passing Through the Gateless Barrier
Author: Guo GuPublisher: Shambhala Publications
ISBN: 0834840170
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 441
Book Description
Gateways to awakening surround us at every moment of our lives. The whole purpose of kōan (gong’an, in Chinese) practice is to keep us from missing these myriad opportunities by leading us to certain gates that have traditionally been effective for people to access that marvelous awakening. The forty-eight kōans of the Gateless Barrier (Chinese: Wumenguan; Japanese: Mumonkan) have been waking people up for well over eight hundred years. Chan teacher Guo Gu provides here a fresh translation of the classic text, along with the first English commentary by a teacher of the Chinese tradition from which it originated. He shows that the kōans in this text are not mere stories from a distant past, but are rather pointers to the places in our lives where we get stuck—and that each sticking point, when examined, can become a gateless barrier through which we can enter into profound wisdom.
JewAsian
Author: Helen Kiyong KimPublisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 0803288697
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 230
Book Description
"In 2010 approximately 15 percent of all new marriages in the United States were between spouses of different racial, ethnic, or religious backgrounds, raising increasingly relevant questions regarding the multicultural identities of new spouses and their offspring. But while new census categories and a growing body of statistics provide data, they tell us little about the inner workings of day-to-day life for such couples and their children. JewAsian is a qualitative examination of the intersection of race, religion, and ethnicity in the increasing number of households that are Jewish American and Asian American. Helen Kiyong Kim and Noah Samuel Leavitt's book explores the larger social dimensions of intermarriages to explain how these particular unions reflect not only the identity of married individuals but also the communities to which they belong. Using in-depth interviews with couples and the children of Jewish American and Asian American marriages, Kim and Leavitt's research sheds much-needed light on the everyday lives of these partnerships and how their children negotiate their own identities in the twenty-first century"--
From Immigrants to Americans
Author: Jacob L. VigdorPublisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 144220138X
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 234
Book Description
Immigration has always caused immense public concern, especially when the perception is that immigrants are not assimilating into society they way they should, or perhaps the way they once did. Americans are frustrated as they try to order food, hire laborers, or simply talk to someone they see on the street and cannot communicate with them because the person is an immigrant who has not fully adopted American culture or language. But is this truly a modern phenomenon? In From Immigrants to Americans, Jacob Vigdor offers a direct comparison of the experiences of immigrants in the United States from the mid-19th century to the present day. His conclusions are both unexpected and fascinating. Vigdor shows how the varying economic situations immigrants come from has always played an important role in their assimilation. The English language skills of contemporary immigrants are actually quite good compared to the historical average, but those who arrive without knowing English are learning at slower rates. He continues to argue that todayOs immigrants face far fewer OincentivesO to assimilate and offers a set of assimilation friendly policies. From Immigrants to Americans is an important book for anyone interested in immigration, either the history or the modern implications, or who want to understand why todayOs immigrants seem so different from previous generations of immigrants and how much they are the same. Co-published with the Manhattan Institute
African American Religious Thought
Author: Cornel WestPublisher: Westminster John Knox Press
ISBN: 9780664224592
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 1084
Book Description
Believing that African American religious studies has reached a crossroads, Cornel West and Eddie Glaude seek, in this landmark anthology, to steer the discipline into the future. Arguing that the complexity of beliefs, choices, and actions of African Americans need not be reduced to expressions of black religion, West and Glaude call for more careful reflection on the complex relationships of African American religious studies to conceptions of class, gender, sexual orientation, race, empire, and other values that continue to challenge our democratic ideals.
Towards Normality?
Author: Rainer LiedtkePublisher: Mohr Siebeck
ISBN: 9783161481277
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 380
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