Reflective Assignment 2 Group7 Centennial College Gijo, Sona Ebrahim, Aeini Ortiz, Amiel Peter Julian Global Citizenship(SEC:301) Professor Angelique Gordon 1. As a group, what do your reflections have in common and where do they differ ideologically. Group Reflections Ideologically In Common Ideological development started in the home environment with family, and it is a fundamental influence on who we are today Social interactions and educational environments have a major influence on our thoughts, beliefs, and actions All people are equal, regardless of gender, race, nationality, beliefs, etc. Each of us has a responsibility to those around us from what we can and must contribute to build society Certain people obey the law only because the society determined that is correct Social institutions like as: school, religion, and family shape the individuality of a person. Irrespective of gender, certain beliefs, and nationality, everyone is equal. Environment around us helps to reply to a specific situation. Ideologically Different Family and school influencing personal religious ideologies Government laws in keeping people safe and civilized Our personality is exclusively built by the environment that surrounds us Our choices in terms of beliefs, religion, culture, among others, determine the role we play in a society Our actions towards society, whether it is to benefit society or to destroy society determines what role we play in our society. How we identify ourselves, depends on environment we are living in. Laws always keep people safe and secure. Reading all the reflections within our group, we noticed some commonalities and some differences of ideologies. One of the similarities that stood out was that we all reflected that a fundamental influence on who we are today, from the development of our ideology starting in the home environment with our families. Another similarity reflected was that social interactions and educational environment have a major influence on our thoughts, beliefs, and actions. One of the differences we found was that family and school having a substantial influence on personal religious ideologies. A member of the group went through a religious educational system, but it did not have any influence on their religious ideologies, and do not consider themselves to be a religious person. Another difference was that government laws keeping people safe and civilized. Now, with everything going on regarding COVID-19; vaccinations, restrictions, protests, and convoys, the government is more concerned about having control over us than keeping us safe and civilized. Everyone in our group has a reflection of their identity. Self-reflection enables us to analyze our individuality, assess our lives, and progress towards who we want to be. In our group, everyone has their convictions that molded us to become global citizens. Our commonalities lie in our idea of social constructionism, where we evolved to become either a student, an engineer, or any worker with the help of social institutions. Even though our ascribed status is different, some of our achieved statuses are similar. As global citizens, we are responsible for our environment and need to act morally towards one another; it requires us to act ethically and think critically. We also have common interests in music and traveling. However, differences arise because of where we grew up. Within our societies, our identities are different due to our religious beliefs or our culture. Our social institutions have also shaped our characters as some are introverted and others are extroverted. 2. 2-Identify and describe one social issue that your group would like to explore in the social analysis project. One social issue that we would like to explore would be racial discrimination against African American in the health care system. In health care environments, unfortunately, there is racial discrimination towards all different ethnic backgrounds, but we would like to focus on African Americans because they have experienced discrimination for hundreds of years. 3. 3-Formulate a thesis statement that will be the focus of your social analysis project--make sure to narrow the topic down. Workplace discrimination is completely unacceptable. In a healthcare setting where multi-ethnic groups combine, you would think that in a predominantly white institution, everyone would be treated right. Discriminatory actions or unjust treatment are all too common in health care, and unfortunately, they are perpetrated by members of the racially dominant group in a multi-cultural setting. Since healthcare professionals are generally superior, they are not brought into question because they are the people that can provide care. There's also an insinuation that African Americans have a relatively high tolerance for pain; they have a history of being snubbed, which may have caused mistreatment within the medical system. 4. 4-As a group, why do you think this issue matters? Explain in a short paragraph why this issue resonates with you and your group members. A member of the group works in health care and has shared their experience of witnessing racial discrimination towards African American patients at their place of work, they have heard the way staff talks about patients, and expressed that they wish these health care providers could put themselves into the shoes of these patients. It is so sad to be aware of, and a part of a foundation that broadcasts how proud they are to be so diverse, and having multicultural members, yet African American patients receive inadequate treatment compared to those of other backgrounds. Everyone deserves the same amount of support, especially regarding health care, and the color of skin should not determine the level of care received. References Ahmed, K., Anderton, P., Chapman-Nyaho, S., Kipusi, S., Kokkinias, A.T., Malik, S., Mather, M., McPherson, K., Oladi, S., Singh, C. (2021). Global Citizenship: From Social Analysis to Social Action. Centennial College. Canada. Lofters, A., Mahabir, D. F., Muntaner, C., O'Campo, P., Salmon, C., & Shankardass, K. (2021). Experiences of everyday racism in Toronto's health care system: A concept mapping study. International journal for equity in health, 20(1).Retrieved from biomedcentral.com/articles Ontario Human Rights Commission. (n.d.). Policy and guidelines on racism and racial discrimination. Retrieved from https://www.ohrc.on.ca/en/policy Statistics Canada. (2020, September 17). Experiences of discrimination during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Daily. Retrieved from https://www150.statcan.gc.ca
