Cultural diversity sensitivity training

[rebeccanew]

There is a government agency that is quite active in our state (NY) and it was formed on a grant basis to teach sensitivity to general population on minority ethnic groups. I did take the training about 6 years ago. The object was to make us more aware of the problems minorities face in this country due to the general publics’ insensitivity to their needs. The group placed homosexuality as an ethnic group. Our parish just offered a course entitled “Powerful Tools for the Caregiver” and I was surprised to see it is run by the same government agency. Since same sex marriages are now legal in NY, we can say that we are more sensitive to the needs of this minority ethnic group. What are the powers of government going to push for our older citizens?

 

[Fink]

Euthanasia?

 

[VintageRose]

I’ve worked in a local health care facility for fourteen years, and never once has any fellow employee, publicly or privately, shared with me about being racially discriminated against. Then, last week all staff were notified about attending a “Racism in the Workplace” meeting to be held this week. We were even emailed an RSVP notice. (???)

 

[edwest2]

Homosexual persons are not an ethnic group. Please have whoever is pushing this look up the word ethnic in the dictionary.

Peace,
Ed

 

[DexUK]

I doubt that homosexuals were being treat as an ‘ethnic’ group - this was a cultural awareness course. It just sounds like - nearly two years ago! - the OP took a verbal shortcut.

It seems to me to be an entirely worthy exercise to enable people to understand the discrimination that others not like them experience in their lives. Given the variation in educational backgrounds of various people as well as anti-discrimination requirements in employment law, these sorts of training courses would seem to be good policy on behalf of an employer.

 

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