Accepting the Challenge: Issues on the Job for People of Color - DVD - $247.97
Focusing on the issues that can arise during employment, this ethnically diverse program shares the often frustrating and dramatic experiences minorities often face while on the job. Experts advise on how to deal constructively with problems such as racism, verbal abuse, and ignorance. Participants give an eye-opening account of how these problems exist at all levels of employment, from the fast-food industry to the corporate advertising world.
One 45-minute video. © 1999.
Part of the Series Addressing and Overcoming Minority Work Issues
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Affirmative Action: The History of an Idea
Critics of affirmative action say that current policies pit Americans against each other and elevate the importance of race, gender, and ethnicity at the expense of hard work and merit. Supporters claim that discrimination remains pervasive in the U.S. and that the government must continue to play a role in aiding minorities and women. This program explores the historical roots of affirmative action and the current debate over its usefulness. The program looks at several different affirmative action programs today, from the University of California, Berkeley, where the university is struggling with how to maintain diversity without minority preferences, to the city of Chicago, whose affirmative action programs for its police and fire departments are being challenged. The program includes archival footage and features interviews with a wide array of academic scholars. (56 minutes, color)
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The Arabs: Who They Are, Who They Are Not
In this program, Moyers and several prominent experts of Arab descent explore how the image of Arabs as religious fanatics was formed. Edward Said, professor of English at Columbia University, discusses the richness, diversity, and distinguished history of the Arab culture. Former United States Senator James Abourezk, and Jack Shaheen, author of The TV Arab, discuss the dehumanization of Arabs in the American media.
(28 minutes, color)
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Copyright date: 1991
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Communication is at the center of multi-national organizations, business negotiations, training and education . . . from simple diversity to global business. This program provides a comprehensive, clearly illustrated introduction to communicating in the global community, leading the audience through the initial stages of self-awareness and awareness of others in all interactions.
This hour long live presentation is filled with humor and insight. The DVD breaks down the video into chapters for easy viewing and shorter workshop presentations.
Focus of the presentation:
Dealing with Difference
Developing Intercultural Sensitivity
Developing Intercultural Competency
Dr. Milton Bennett, co-founder of the Intercultural Communications Institute explores and illustrates the following topics:
culture, acculturation
verbal, non-verbal communication
cultural values, cultural variation
stereotyping
stages of ethnocentrism
intercultural competence
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All sides of the affirmative action issue have targeted the same goal: ending racism of all types. But do opportunities for some have to come at the expense of others? In this Fred Friendly Seminar moderated by Harvard Law School’s Charles Ogletree, a what-if scenario revolves around a university’s efforts to enroll a diverse student body of qualified candidates. Panelists include Ward Connerly, proponent of California’s Proposition 209; Christopher Edley, Jr., author of Not All Black & White: Affirmative Action, Race, and American Values; Julius Becton, Jr., former head of Washington, D.C.’s public schools; Ruth Simmons, president of Smith College; and policy activists from the African-American, Asian, Native American, and Latino communities. (58 minutes, color)
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The Blending of Culture: Latino Influence on America
Recent U.S. Census figures provide dramatic testimony to the growth of the Latino population. This program looks at the "Three Houses of Latino Culture"—Cuban, Puerto Rican, and Mexican-American—and their widespread influence from entertainment to politics to economics. Key issues include how long Hispanics have been in America and how U.S. immigration laws affect their assimilation. Interviews with Latino community leaders—university presidents, professors, artists, doctors, CEOs, bishops, and ministers—bring home the diversity and achievement of this rapidly expanding segment of the American populace. (30 minutes, color)
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Copyright date: 2001
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The Bonds of Pride
This program explores the nature of the Arab identity and the main cultural ties that hold the Arab world together—language, the Koran, historical vision, literature and poetry, and humor. Cultural diversity among various Arab groups is examined, along with the role of women in Islamic society. Methods of education—the ancient Arab technique stressing memory versus more modern methods introduced during the period of European colonization—are compared. (28 minutes, color)
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Cultural values are an intrinsic part of all Chinese business relationships. Successful business with the Chinese are contingent upon developing an understanding of the essential ethics of life and work in the Chinese culture. These values influence interactions, relationships, associations with authority, patterns of thought and styles of communication.In this thoughtfully constructed program, Dr. George Renwick, a well-known management consultant, leads the audience into the mind and world of Chinese culture and its close relationship with business practices. Through conversations with Hai Yan Zhang, a Chinese woman, Renwick illustrates that traditional Chinese culture and values interwoven in business practices.
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A Confucian Life in America: Tu Wei-ming
Diversity is more than just different colors and different shapes and sizes of human beings. Diversity should be an exploration of cultures, thought patterns and communications. The more we share divers ideas, the more creative and effecient we can become. Diversity training allows us to prepare for meeting differences head on . . . and recognizing those differences. Sometimes we can appreciate those differences and sometimes we can't.
These hard-hitting ABC News exposés explore all types of discrimination – on the street, at home, in the workplace, on the phone, in the courtroom – and are excellent discussion starters.
This documentary-style series features the inspiring stories of minorities who have faced and overcome adversity both in seeking employment and while employed.
This program takes the viewer through the intensely personal stories of several ethnically diverse storytellers. From learning to speak English to teenage motherhood and blatant discrimination, all the participants share how they were able to beat the odds and gain employment. Each story offers insight into the issues that affect minorities, while experts offer some explanation and advice about overcoming obstacles in the job search process.
Whether lecturing at Beijing University or in his classroom at Harvard University, Tu Wei-ming personifies the meeting of East and West. A student of modern thought and very much a modern man himself, his roots run back to Confucius, the philosopher of ancient China. To anyone who thinks Confucianism quaint or irrelevant, Tu Wei-ming argues that the humanism of the old sage can help us sort out some contemporary ethical problems. In his view, the ways in which the humanistic philosophy of the East meshes with Western technology and democratic values tell us much about the future of China and industrial East Asia, and about our survival on an endangered planet. He returns to China regularly to lecture on Confucian thought. In this program with Bill Moyers, Tu Wei-ming discusses the relevance of Confucian philosophy to our times. (30 minutes, color)
In the DVD training program "How to Deal with Cultural Diversity in the Work Place" you will learn to see the value of these differences in people and learn to put cultural diversity to work to benefit you and your organization.
Japan in the modern age: a people existing between the protection of the kami and the geological dangers of earthquake. This program covers the cataclysmic events of the 20th century-the devastating earthquake of 1923, the rise of militarism, the accession of Emperor Hirohito, the Greater East Asia Co-prosperity Sphere, the Pacific War, Hiroshima, and the American occupation of Japan-but its primary focus is on what makes Japan Japanese: the Shinto rituals which are part of modern mercantile life; such societal traits as conformism and determination, attitudes toward violence and brutality, business ethics and the life of the salary man, the attitude toward ethics, and the role of the kami in modern Japan. (48 minutes, color)
Generation Why--born between 1980 and 1994, they make up 25% of the world's population. There are 60 million of them here in America, where right now there are 40 million 16- to 24-year-old working full time. Generation Why is much larger than generation X.
Shell of Australia is a part of one of the world’s largest oil and gas companies. Australia-based Intrepid Travel is a medium-size adventure vacation company. In this program, human resource professionals from these two companies discuss the processes of recruitment, performance appraisal, and termination; explore the dynamic relationship between employees and employers; and describe the methods used by organizations to manage people and maintain a motivated and productive workforce. Viewable/printable educational resources are available online. Comes with a CD-ROM featuring an Instructor's Guide. 
Drawing on case studies from first- and third-world nations, this program exposes the "gender apartheid" that has led to the marginalization of women around the world through violence and poverty. Commentary by Kofi Annan, secretary general of the UN; Festus Mogae, president of Botswana; and Margaret Jay, Britain’s minister for women, as well as by many grassroots leaders reveals the victimization that is occurring through educational neglect, unfair labor practices, spouse abuse, and inadequate reproductive healthcare. The positive effects of rural empowerment programs, battered women refuges, and free health and legal counseling are also presented—but will cuts in funding sweep away the good that these initiatives have done? (57 minutes, color)
This program covers the important and timely issues involved in managing multicultural and sexual diversity in the workplace. Topics covered include "Why Value Diversity?," "Understanding Our Biases and Assumptions," "Sexual Harassment," "Recruiting and Interviewing a Diverse Workforce," "Making New Employees Feel Valued," and "Managing Diversity: Meeting the Challenge." (60 minutes, color)
This series addresses the problems and opportunities of the demographic reality of the ’90s and beyond. Native-born whites whose first language is English will soon constitute the minority in the workforce—a mosaic of colors, languages, and cultural traditions and values—and an immense challenge for both managers and workers. These programs address the numerous issues involved in making the mosaic workplace a more productive one. 10-part series.
This program deals with the nature of biases and preconceptions, pointing out that almost everyone sees the world from his or her own perspective and stressing the need to examine one’s own thinking about "us" and "them." It covers the subjects of being "in" and "out" and the role of peer groups, community institutions, schools, and the media in determining what is "good" and "bad"; permits members of minorities to speak out about how bias affects their lives; and challenges viewers to examine their own biases and overcome them. (14 minutes, color) 
Using the EEOC definition of sexual harassment, this program shows how this damaging and expensive problem in the workplace takes place, how situations get out of hand, and how the problem can be addressed and stopped. It reviews all the well-worn excuses for ignoring harassment, provides suggestions for action if harassment is suspected, and highlights the cost of failing to take action at various stages of harassment. (19 minutes, color) 
This program is devoted to the ways in which the demands of a diverse work force can best be met: how schools can help prepare students, how businesses can help build bridges, how all Americans can—and must—learn to value, respect, and benefit from diversity in society and in the workplace. (26 minutes, color) 
This program refutes the melting pot theory, explaining that employees do not—and should not be expected to—set aside their particular cultural values when they come to work. The most successful organizations and managers are those who understand diversity and seek to profit from it; this program presents the views of African Americans, Hispanics, Asian Americans, and Native Americans who share their work experiences and demonstrate that what they want from others is no more than an open mind and a fair chance. (37 minutes, color) 
The title of this unique documentary is drawn from Betty Friedan’s challenge of the 1970s that feminism is not about men and women but about changing the world. The program was filmed at the meeting of women leaders from around the world who gathered in Dublin in 1992 to discuss new visions of leadership. Ireland’s President Mary Robinson, Friedan, and Utte Ranke-Heinemann are among the many charismatic speakers who debate the nature of power and empowerment—of religion, marriage, dreams, and achievements. (52 minutes, color)
Staying silent in the face of demeaning comments, stereotypes or bias allows bad attitudes and behaviors to thrive. This undermines our ability to create an inclusive workplace where all employees are welcomed, treated with respect and able to do their best work. Yet most employees and leaders who want to speak up don't know how. So, we say nothing.
Almost daily you can hear disrespectful things said in the workplace. Sometimes they're said out of ignorance, sometimes out of malice. Step Up, Speak Up is a unique program in the area of respect and diversity. Not only is the question discussed of "WHY" tolerance is important but, for the first time employees observe an action that enables them to make a positive difference when issues of disrespect occur in their workplace.
