I decided to use social media for this blog entry and posted the question "What is your personal definition of culture and diversity?' I thought this would be a great way to get different perspectives from a lot of my family and friends of different genders, races, class, etc. Here's what I got:
Culture: 1) Origin, customs from our place of birth, foods, behaviors, beliefs & traditions.
2) Something you grow up with...events that make you who you are.
3) The beliefs and traditions of one's nationality, how they dress, behave, eat, and speak.
4) Rituals and beliefs passed down from generation to generation
Diversity: 1) Acceptance of the cultural differences in everyone.
2) A mixture of different cultures, a melting pot.
3) Blending in with different cultures, living together and sharing traditions, melting pot.
4) Different mixes of things and people.
I think these definitions were definitely part of what I have learned in this course so far, especially the definition that number 3 gave of detailing how people dress, behave, eat and speak as being a culture. Not only your background. I agreed with all of their definitions and particularly liked "the melting pot" used by two different people when defining diversity. It's a good way to think about all cultures blending or mixing together to form this diverse world we live in.
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