When i reached out to my co-worker Josh who resided in New York, to my mother who resides in Texas and to my manager who resides in Japan, the responses I received were similar to those being currently discussed in this course. The discussion on diversity, the responses on the different aspects of diversity included:
- Multiculturalism relating to communities containing multiple cultures
- Cultural diversity as it refers to having different cultures respecting each other's differences
- Political ideas
Overall they support the idea that diversity is valuable and it covers ethnicity, gender, religion, as well as other identifiable differences in lifestyles and background.
Their definitions of culture also resonated throughout some of the discussions we have in the course, including:
- shared belief, customs, arts
- a particular was of thinking, behaving, or working
- the characteristic features of everyday existence shared by people in a place
The overall consensus being that culture is a system of knowledge shared by a relatively large group of people.
Additional aspects of diversity excluded were social identities pertaining to vocations and avocations and stigmatized identities (Deaux, 2001). When I mentioned these other aspects of diversity, they eventually agreed that those were also aspects to diversity. The discussion on culture proved very exciting when I spoke on cultural discontinuity, both my mother and my co-worker shared their experiences, my manager understood the concept but wasn't readily able to identify any experiences.
This discussion lead me to understand the importance of understanding the role of culture and diversity. The individuals included in the discussion shared their experiences and I was able to understand why their points of view differ from mine on certain aspects. It was a great learning experience,not my manager is asking that I share each week what I have learnt and I am very happy to share my learning experience with her.
References
Deaux, K. (2001). Social identity. Encyclopedia of women and gender, 1–2, 1–9. Retrieved from https://class.waldenu.edu/
It's true that culture is a system of knowledge that is within a group of people. Culture is usually tradition and tradition is something that is taught and learned from generation to generation. Diversity is unique and helps to set us apart and individuals even though we may have been grouped together we other people.
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