The 10 Lenses: Your Guide to Living & Working in a Multicultural WorldCapital Books, 2001 - 247 pages The 2000 US Census figures and studies around the globe show that we live in an increasingly multicultural world. In this ground-breaking new book, acclaimed diversity expert Mark Williams offers ten "eye-opening" lenses to help you, your organization, and everyone in it, understand how cultural diversity affects the way we live and work. There's the Assimilationist who believes that everyone should act like a true blue American, and the Culturalcentrist who believes that a person's race or ethnicity is central to their personal and public identity; the Meritrocratist who is sure that if you have the abilities and work hard enough you can make your dreams come true regardless of race or culture, and the Victim/Caregiver who believes that because of bias they will never succeed. Learn more about these lenses, as well as six other lenses that Mark Williams has developed to respond to cultural diversity. |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
What Are Lenses? | 4 |
How Do We Develop our Individual Lenses? | 8 |
How to Use this Book | 10 |
Assimilationist | 13 |
Colorblind | 15 |
Culturalcentrist | 17 |
Elitist | 19 |
Meritocratist | 102 |
Multiculturalist | 116 |
Seclusionist | 130 |
Transcendent | 142 |
VictimCaretaker | 156 |
The Eleventh Lens | 172 |
Tools and Concepts Overview | 188 |
Cultural Fit and Career Advancement | 189 |
Integrationist | 21 |
Meritocratist | 23 |
Multiculturalist | 25 |
Seclusionist | 27 |
Transcendent | 29 |
VictimCaretaker | 31 |
Assimilationist | 34 |
Colorblind | 48 |
Cultural centrist | 61 |
Elitist | 75 |
Integrationist | 88 |
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The 10 Lenses: Your Guide to Living & Working in a Multicultural World Mark Alexander Williams No preview available - 2001 |
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