Perspectives on Diversity and Culture

1.    Samantha-

·       Culture- a person’s foundational belief system based in/on their religion, morals, and values.

·       Diversity- a group that have minor similarities and more differences; but can coexist seamlessly

2.  James-

·       Culture- A family’s entire being from raising their children to jobs and anything else a family would do as a unit.

·       Diversity- various cultural groups

3.  Veronica-

·       Culture- the way a group of people live

·       Diversity- multiple groups of people that have different cultures.

 

Reflection:

During this course I gained a better understanding of what each other terms: culture and diversity, meant. Mirroring the collective opinions of my family and friends, I learned culture means what a single groups stands for including religion, morals, values, traditions, and lifestyles. I automatically think about cultural invisibility comes to mind when thinking about examples of culture and diversity. People are so consumed with their personal ideas and beliefs that they are blind to their uniquenesses.

When interviewing friends and family about culture and diversity I feel they omitted their person thoughts and examples of how culture and diversity have effected them. They were focused on defining the term and not really going pass their assignment.

I was enlightened mostly by others definitions of culture and diversity. I had similar views and definitions about bother terms, but was surprised how deep they got with their ideas and thoughts about the meaning of the words. I have definitely opened my mind about the meanings and deeper understanding of culture and diversity.