Perspectives on Diversity and Culture

There three people I decided to talk to were my Dad and two friends (both friends are different races and religions).

Dad- Culture means who I am, what  I stand for and what my family stands for, the way we live, how we treat people being able to represent what is important to us.

Diversity- Anything different, from culture ways or the way I think.

Friend - Culture is expressed through one’s beliefs and values.  For instance, Latinos and Asians are very much family oriented.  They value their elders.  In fact, in the Asian community is normal for their grandparents to live with them until death.

 Diversity--- Incorporates a person's acceptance of other (races and genders).  In most cultures, women are still the lesser sex.  Men are dominant in the Latino and Asian cultures.

Friend- What you believe in, where you are from and what you are taught.

Diversity - Being able to embrace change.

I feel like the responses I received are very similar to many of the conversations I have heard throughout the course. Everything coincides with background and the beliefs of how a person was brought up. Also, I think everyone has agreed on diversity as being about differences. I don’t think any aspects are being technically omitted; however, I feel the surfaces are barely being scratched. There are so much more when it comes to culture that’s almost impossible to be covered for instance music, certain instruments are used to represent different meanings. From asking these questions I feel people want to group things together instead of specifically naming things such as music, food and even clothing.I feel that by listening to other people’s definition of culture and diversity continues to help me be open-minded and willing to accept other people’s opinions. As well, listening to other people helps me to understand different cultures and helps me shape my idea of what culture means.

“Culture and Diversity” (approximate length: 4 minutes)