Perspectives on Diversity and Culture

Definitions of Culture and Diversity

Cindy:

        Culture- is the way you live your life- your beliefs, values, background, the way you respond to things, the way you act

        Diversity- the difference among all people’s different cultures  

 

Alicia:

        Culture- is a person’s ethnicity and their beliefs, traditions, and morals they follow

        Diversity- is many different people and cultures. It’s what makes people and things different

 

Michelle:

        Culture- Culture is what brings us together. Culture is the characteristics and beliefs that are shared among a group of people.

        Diversity- is what makes individuals unique and different from one another. This could be race, gender, ethnicity, religion, age, religious and political beliefs, etc.  

 

Reflection

The aspects of culture and diversity that were included are the obvious indicators.  The things the three people included were the same things I thought before entering this course.  Each person knew the basic idea of diversity and culture like things that make people different, their beliefs and cultures. I think it was interesting that only one mentioned specifically about gender.  No one mentioned anything about sexual orientation, or economic status just to name a few.  I also found it interesting that the one who went more into the diversity definition was the youngest person I asked the question to.  

Thinking about other people’s definitions of cultures and diversity has influenced my thinking.  While writing my reflection, I kept wondering why is it that the three people’s definitions were basically the same and left out the deeper meaning of the word. I thought well maybe we were all taught the same definition growing up and we never learned the deeper meaning of culture and diversity. People only notice what is on the surface. I did notice though the youngest person knew the most when it came to giving a deeper definition about diversity. She is also living and working in a different state where there is more diversity. So, I am thinking that plays a part in the a person’s life as well.