I talked with three of my friends about their definitions of culture and diversity. These are their explanations:
1. Culture is everything that makes us the same and different from those around us. Diversity is understanding the differences as acceptable.
2. Culture- religion, dress, food, laws, and social norms that a group of people share in common. Diversity- bringing different groups together to one place.
3. Diversity is what makes things (living and not) or people different. Culture is the way humans express their diversity.
What I realized through these three different but similar responses is the understanding that my friends have of true culture and diversity. I expected the standard responses, stating race and ethnicity, but saw the depth of their answers as reflecting the true ideas behind culture and diversity. I believe that their definitions, particularly when combined together, state all the ideas that we have expressed throughout this course without eliminating any important aspects! Talking with them about diversity has allowed me to see the importance of understanding, particularly in the way that I now know diversity and culture express themselves.
I find the last definition of culture interesting. Culture is in essence how we express our diversity. If it was not for our culture differences there really would not be any diversity. This definition shows how each one creates the need for the other. Without differences in culture we would not have diversity and vice versa.
ReplyDeleteStacy,
ReplyDeleteThe definitions I received most likely fell into what is on the outside of culture I think it’s because a majority of my friends and acquaintances view culture a little bit differently (because of knowledge outside the course) but I was pleased to hear their responses of diversity where people work together and interact with each other. Do you think their response would be different if you let them know some of the things or background information you learned within the course so far?
Hi Stacey,
ReplyDeleteYour friends have some interesting definition of culture and diversity. When you look at thier definition as a whole they all are on the same page basically. I really enjoyed reading your post and look forward to reading more.
Erica Hines