Race and National Origin

RACE AND NATIONAL ORIGIN

Summary

Race is divided with the following categories: Caucasian/white, African American/black, pacific islander/native Hawaiian, and American Indian/Alaskan native.

The patterns of movement are showed in three stages:

1. Stage 1 emphasizes the three C’s: confidence, competence, and credibility.

2. Stage 2 mentors and sponsors are fundamental for career advancement.

3. Stage 3 experience and individual success directly related to company’s core strategy.

Mentoring challenges helps resolved crossed-race issues like negative stereotypes, identification and role modeling, skepticism about intimacy, public scrutiny, and peer resentment.

Analysis

I agree with the authors approach on stage 2. Based on my experience a mentor will guide you and it makes a difference when making life changing decisions and career advancement decisions. My mentor was my International Relations Foundations teacher. Being able to see haw far she had gone at her short age was an incentive of how far I was able to go. She always supported my good ideas and warned me of the bad choices I was about to make. Up to today I still talk to her and ask for her advice one too many times.

I have been working since I was 18 years old. A police station was a tough environment for an inexperienced young adult. Many times I felt like giving up but the Police Superintendent was my sponsor and mentor. He always found a way to make me realize what I could loose if I was to give up. His experiences made me realize that you need to know someone to be somebody.

This is something I disagree with. My work sponsor was right but many times I felt this was inappropriate.