PERSPECTIVE ON DIVERSITY AND CULTURE

For this week’s blog assignment I asked three (3) of my friends what they understand by culture and diversity.

Chinese Friend: She said their culture has a lot to celebrate from Chinese New Year which they cherish, and to the art. People use different signs and gestures to communicate but in another culture they convey different meanings. For instance Chinese people cross their hands to mean they are paying attention but in another culture it might mean being rigid.

Indian Friend: She said she liked to see the uniqueness in every individual. Most of her people have different religions like Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam, or Christianity and they love their music, silk sari, and bright colorful clothes for wedding. They have different types of dances that make them different from other people.

Jamaican Friend: She said they have rich culture in their history, music and food. They have multi-racial group and people from different nations.

Diversity can be described as groups of people from different backgrounds, races, cultures, and religions.

Diversity can also include experiences and circumstances amongst human beings such as economic and social statuses and creates classification to social identification that helps us recognize similarities and difference within a group.

Listening and understanding more about people’s culture and diversity make me eager to learn more about other people. Now I understand more about the unique differences which we a ll possess in our own ways. After the evaluation I realized that everyone has similar idea about what culture or diversity meant. So culture is our way of life, the way we raise our children, tradition, religion, and what we eat.