Learning what others definition regarding diversity and culture was interesting and inspiring. When asking my brother in law who is Hispanic he mentioned that culture relates to your ethnicity, traditions, and values. To him diversity is the differences that lies among us. My friend who is married to someone of a difference race said that culture is basically who you are and how you relate to your traditions, beliefs, and family. She said that diversity is the difference between people and the way they think or act about certain issues. My co-worker stated that culture is all the the things that make you who you are and the decisions you make. She said diversity consists of the difference between different ethnic groups.
Many of the things these people used to define culture and diversity relates to what we have been learning about in this course. I have heard many times that culture is what makes us who we are. I have also learned that ethnicity, traditions, values, family, beliefs are also related to culture. Everybody touched on pieces on diversity which include the differences between one another.
Overall, they gave brief explanations regarding culture and diversity. They only touched the surface with regards to the both of these topics. While they noticed the obvious characteristics of culture and diversity they didn't mention the more subtle aspects of culture and diversity such as the differences of opinions and the differences in interests.
This assignment made me realize that many people view culture and diversity in very basic terms without having a deeper knowledge of what culture encompasses. It is important to understand not only what culture and diversity is, but what it means to you.
Angie,
ReplyDeleteI agree with you that it is important to know what culture and diversity means to you. I think so many people only know the surface definition but they don't realize how much more there really is to culture and diversity. I now know that I didn't know the true meaning until I started taking this class.