[MCP] cultural competence

Fri May 4 16:14:22 EDT 2007

DiversityInc.com may have some info supporting that, but I've always maintained that "upper-level management/CEOs are NOT diverse....becasue the cultural environment would be changed, i.e. multicultural iconography. (Google "bamboo ceiling") I'll e-mail Luke Visconti at DInc and see.

DiversityInc does publish a "Top 50 (I think) of businesses that have made great strides in diversifying management, etc.....but the prevalent belief has always been...*they* have to fit in.
As we all know, many companies have bent over backwards to accommodate Japanese business people, i.e. learning the language, manners, etc..

Perhaps someone has info about the buildings' furnishings, etc. 

John L. 
Date: Fri, 4 May 2007 06:56:10 -0700From: jkmcnalley at yahoo.comTo: mcp at edchange.orgSubject: Re: [MCP] cultural competenceMy PhD advisor focuses on research looking at school-to-work in Sociology of Education.  In his opinion, American businesses have already made far larger strides towards trying to create multicultural environments than has education.  His feeling was that businesses were quicker to understand the need brought up here--to be able to attract and retain the best qualified diverse staff they would have to change their environments to reflect that staff's background.  I wish I could point to articles or research that support his opinion, but it's not my own area of research.Best,Julie"Wendy Harris, M.A." <sophiae at uga.edu> wrote: 

Maybe. A lot of conservatives have no idea about the jails, however, and are just playing "Follow the Leader." Liberals do it, too, of course, it is common. My point: perhaps if the information were disseminated more widely, some of these people would at least have the opportunity to make up their own minds.______________________________________Please consider fighting cancer by contributing to my American Cancer Society Relay for Life team at https://www.kintera.org/faf/donorReg/donorPledge.asp?ievent=189710&lis=1&kntae189710=405C10EEEF3742B793E12B7D5BFEB40F&supId=156535833Thank you! From: John Lindsay <jclind2 at msn.com>To: "Multicultural Pavilion's discussion group on equity, social justice, andmulticultural education." <mcp at edchange.org>Date: Thu, 3 May 2007 22:38:34 -0400Subject: Re: [MCP] cultural competence

True. I've been thinking that the conservatives might be influenced once they learn how much money would be saved...but then again....they like to keep their jails and prisons full....despite their public pronouncements.I guess the prohibition against rehabilitation in corrections spells a death knell for this, too. 
John L. 

Date: Thu, 3 May 2007 11:45:19 -0400From: SMcKevitt at ed.state.nh.usTo: mcp at edchange.org; awp_project at yahoogroups.com; sarn at yahoogroups.com; speakingoutagainstracism at yahoogroups.comSubject: Re: [MCP] cultural competence

Education will change when business complains loudly enough that its emerging American workforce (our high school and college graduates) is not sufficiently “culturally competent” to be hired by them to support their international interests.

Currently, there is only the moral imperative as a motivator for education to address cultural competence. That only moves the conversation so far (and not too far at that.)

Sue

-----Original Message-----From: mcp-bounces at edchange.org [mailto:mcp-bounces at edchange.org] On Behalf Of John LindsaySent: Wednesday, May 02, 2007 9:41 PMTo: mcp at edchange.org; awp_project at yahoogroups.com; sarn; SpeakingOutAgainstRacism at yahoogroups.comSubject: [MCP] cultural competence

While doing research for a paper on "cultural competence," I came across the following, which makes one *"wonder"*.....why are K-12 and colleges light years behind?!

But I guess there has to be underclasses, eh?

Going to be a difficult struggle pushing the Eurocentric approach out of the center.

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