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Title: MODULE 5 Understanding Legal Issues of New Populations


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MODULE 5Understanding Legal Issues of New
Populations
  • Unit 2 Understanding Cultures Building Bridges
    Across Cultures In Communities

2
What Is Culture?
  • It is the totality of socially transmitted
    behavior patterns, arts, beliefs, institutions,
    and all other products of human work and thought
    typical of a population or community at a given
    time.
  • Culture can also connote a style of social and
    artistic expression peculiar to a class or
    society.

3
We All Have Culture
  • Regardless of how you define culture, we all
    recognize our individual cultural background,
    filled with many distinct experiences.
  • Culture exits at many levels
  • Home Family
  • Professional Work Environment
  • Organizational Affiliations, e.g., clubs,
    fraternities, sororities, associations, etc.
  • Religious Culture

4
Lets Discuss Your Cultural Background
  • With Which Cultural Group Do You Associate
    Yourself?
  • Describe What You Believe To Be the Key Aspects
    of Your Culture.
  • Do You Have Customs, Values, Artistic and
    Culinary Interests That Cross Cultural Lines?

5
How Do You Value Culture?
  • What Role Does Culture Play In Your Community?
  • Family Well-being
  • Values, Beliefs, Customs
  • Parental Responsibility
  • Extended Family Relationships Bonds
  • Employment Opportunities
  • Informal Recruiting Networks
  • Work Habits Ethics
  • Formation of Ethnic Niches

6
The Role of Culture In Economic Development
  • The Establishment of Ethnic Communities
  • The Rise of Ethnic Entrepreneurship
  • The Creation and Transfer of Skills
  • The Building of Economic Political Structures
    and Influence

7
A Historical View of One Immigrant Group In
Chicago
  • Chinese Immigrants Arrive In Chicago in the
    1870s.
  • Anti-Chinese Sentiment, Discrimination, and
    Worsening Economic Conditions Made Life Very
    Difficult.
  • In spite of restricted immigration laws, the
    Chinese population grew steadily.

8
The Evolution of the Chinese Community
  • Establishment of the Ethnic Community
  • The Population Increased Steadily Between 1870
    1920.
  • A Chinese Residential Community Was Constructed
    Near Van Buren Clark Streets.
  • Chinese Entrepreneurship Flourished
  • In Spite of Harsh Treatment Discrimination, the
    Community Grew.

9
Challenges Facing the New Community
  • Laws That Discriminate Against Chinese
  • Limited Civil Liberties Personal Freedom
  • Unfair Housing Practices
  • Shortages of Capital Resources
  • Unfair Bank Lending Practices

10
Building Cultural Bridges
  • Growth of Social and Cultural Associations
  • Family Associations Were the Core Strength of
    the Early Chinatown Community.
  • The Associations Provided Support Guidance to
    New Entrants, e.g., food, housing, employment
    information.
  • In Recent Years Other Associations and
    Organizations have Taken the Leadership for
    Assisting the New Entrants Who Are Coming In
    Greater Numbers and Have More Complex Needs.

11
Role Of Todays Cultural Associations
  • The Professional Cultural Associations of
    Today Provide A Broad Range of Services to the
    Chinese Community. As Most of the Traditional
    Problems Still Exist, e.g., housing,
    unemployment, language, training Todays
    Associations Also Focus on Issues Related to
  • Juvenile Delinquency
  • Health Care
  • Elderly Services

12
Recent Associations
  • In 1978, the Chinese American Social Service
    League was Established To Provide Assistance With
    Housing, Employment, Health Care, Troubled Youth
    and other Community Social Needs.

13
Recent Associations
  • The Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association
    was also Founded To Bridge Needs to Services.
    Over the Years They Have Provided Lunch Programs
    for the Elderly and Training Classes for Clerical
    Work.

14
Culture As A Factor In Economic Growth
  • Chinatown Has Realized Success In Ethnic
    Entrepreneurship That Has Resulted in Economic
    Growth In That Community.
  • Community Businesses, e.g., laundries,
    restaurants, Chinese grocery stores, food
    processing factories, etc., all provide job
    opportunities for many immigrants in the
    Community.

15
Culture As A Factor In Community Economic
Development
  • Chinatown Is A Community With A Cultural Heritage
    Identification For Chinese People.
  • Chinatown Also Attracts Other Persons In the
    Community and Visitors Because It Serves As A
    Gateway to the Chinese Culture.
  • Chinatowns Economic Cultural Contribution to
    the Chicago Community Has Helped Its Community
    Achieve Social and Political Clout.

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Chinatown-Chicago
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