Saturday, July 20, 2013

Perspectives on Diversity and Culture

1st Person (Mother)
Definition of Culture- Some things that are handed down from generation to generation
Definition of Diversity- A mixture of people, places, and things. Not all of one thing.


2nd Person (Monique)
Definition of Culture- Culture is a set of value and norms learned from being a member of a specific ethnic member group or groups.
Definition of Diversity- Diversity is differences in people that are physically visible or in some cases invisible.


3rd Person (Rashaad)
Definition of Culture- Culture is your roots, upbringing, and values
Definition of Diversity


4th Person (Andrew)
Definition of Culture- Culture is your music, fashion, experiences, and traditions shred by a group of people.
Definition of Diversity- Differences listed in the things above.


5th Person (Dad)
Definition of Culture- Culture is one's background and the environment that they grew up in.
Definition of Diversity- Correlation of different ethnicities.

6th Person (Aaron)
Definition of Culture- Mark of people's growth in society, whether it be the; clothes food, religion. Basically the way of the people from the region.
Definition of Diversity- Differences between the cultures and the uniqueness of each individual one.


  • Which aspects of culture and diversity that I have studied in this course are included in the answers I received—and what are some examples?
    • - A lot of the responses are very similar  with one another; however just worded differently. Some aspects that I've studied in the course are; religion, food, clothes, traditions, and values.

  • Which aspects have been omitted—and what are some examples of such omission?
    • - Some characteristics that weren't mentioned were; political views, education, or means of transportation,

  • In what ways has thinking about other people’s definitions of culture and diversity influenced my own thinking about these topics?
    • - Thinking about other people's definitions of culture and diversity has really broadened my own thoughts. When you hear the words culture and diversity, most times you think of the general, basic, and vague traits; however, but when you actually give it some time to think about it you find deeper meanings. Even though clothing is a form of culture I have never thought about mentioning that; even more so it's a form of art as well!


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    1. UnknownJuly 20, 2013 at 6:33 PM

      Sherrell,

      You seemed to have come to the same conclusions that I did. Most people identify culture based on surface culture. I guess that is how we defined it also before we took this class. Most of the people I talked to did not go deeper into values or beliefs. Monique seemed to have a good grasp of diversity, understanding that diversity is not always physically visible. I like the way you organized the responses. I enjoyed reading your post.
      Mary Jo

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    2. AnonymousJuly 21, 2013 at 7:24 PM

      Hi Sherrell,
      I gathered the same thing from my interviews. Their responses were different yet similar in that they were all on the same page. Everyone gave general and broad views of culture and diversity. I found that many did not go deeper than what was seen on the surface.
      I didn’t even think about means of transportation or clothing as aspects of culture and diversity but I do see how they are related.
      Good Post.
      JoEllen Vining-Dawson

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