1SOCIOLOGY
Introduction
The term cultural diversity is often used as the concept of multiculturalism can be defined
as the existence of various culture as well as ethnic groups within a society or community.
Multiculturalism can be defined as a system of beliefs as well as behaviours that recognizes as
well as respects the presence of all diverse groups in a society or organization. It also includes
acknowledgement as well as valuing the socio-cultural differences along with encouraging a well
as enabling their continued contribution within an inclusive cultural context that empowers all
within the society (Deitch et al., 2013). Two of the major factors that are responsible for Lack of
cultural competence amongst individuals include racism and prejudice. In the following
discussion, I will be describing a instance where one of my friends had got victimized of racism
by her colleagues.
Part 1 – Describe your experience:
In this paragraph, I am going to describe the experience of one of my Muslim colleague
Sahiba, who worked with me in my previous organization, got discriminated in our workplace
and ultimately resigned her job due to continuous discrimination against her. Considering the
fact that I worked in was a multinational organization, a good number of employees from
different parts of the world used to work there. Sahiba was a Muslim employee who was from
Arab. Being a devout Muslim, she used to wear hijab. Our branch manager, John, was the
superior of Sahiba. His confirmation bias interpreted the quit, patient and introvert nature of
Sahiba as indications of passive behaviour, lack of communication skill and lack of efficiency.
He interpreted that Sahiba possess only adequate competencies to perform. However, the other
employees of the organization including me were aware of excellent problem solving skills as

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