Perspectives on Culture and Diversity

Part 1: This week we were asked to ask three people two questions:

Prospect 1: African American, Male, 28 years old,

Prospect 2: Caucasian, Female, 29 years old, 

Prospect 3: Caucasian, Female, 44 years old, 

What is your Definition of culture?

1.      Your background and everything that makes you who you are.

2.      How you express yourself through religion and your personal practices.

3.      A way of life passed down from generation to generation.

What is your Definition of Diversity?

1.      Accepting other people’s differences regardless of their race/origin.

2.      Having a different make of things.

3.      Global acceptance of differences among groups of people.

Part 2:

1.      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?

·        The aspect of culture and diversity that I have studied within this course showed within my prospects answers. I feel that people tend to lean towards aspects in which they know best. The way people were raised, their education, or the types of people in which they associate their selves with.

2.       Which aspects have been omitted—and what are some examples of such omission?

·        I feel that on aspect that has been omitted are behavior and/or personalities such as abilities. I feel that people tend to have more to them than what can visibly be seen.

3.      In what ways has thinking about other people’s definitions of culture and diversity influenced my own thinking about these topics?

·        When I looked at how other people viewed diversity and culture it made me realize that everyone has their own definition and way of looking at things. I know that because I have studied diversity how I perceive diversity and culture is totally different than how someone that doesn’t.