PERSPECTIVES ON DIVERISTY AND CULTURE

 

I decide to ask 3 people age ranging from 33 to 65 years on their perspectives of “Diversity and Culture”. The first person was a male who’s 33 years old.  Culture is me being raised as a male following the beliefs my parents had set forth for me. Diversity was a group of people with different nationalities and identities.  Kay who’s 55 said, “Culture” was adhering to the beliefs, traditions and values my parents instead in me, and I in return passed them down to my children. I then asked her for some examples, attending church on every Sunday, my children and husband eat our meals together (breakfast & dinner).

 Diversity to me means individuals which, are from various ethnic background although, their skin is different one should be able to  live beside each another, learn each other ways and work together without any racism / bias in the community. This last person is a member from my church who’s 65 years old. Ms. Reed define “Culture” as ones heritage, language, beliefs and how society view you such as Caucasian or African American and Diversity is how some cultures may single you out due to them feeling you are beneath them although, you may have the same skin color. Her example; was Jamaicans feel African Americans don’t value anything.

While listening to the three people, I chose to define culture and diversity somewhat open my eye sight even more due to I had put a wall because; of how I had been treated.