Friend #1: "Culture is your heritage like what we do here is not the same as the culture in Iraq. Diversity is like being in NY City when there are so many different ethnic groups there."
Friend #2: "Culture is what surrounds a group of people and influences them in some way. To be cultured is to allow oneself to be engulfed in many different cultures/influences and react to them in some way. Diversity is a combination of different ethnic groups and cultures."
Friend #3: "Culture is the developed agreed upon customs and behaviors of a given population. Diversity is having multiple cultures or differing cultures the same click or group of people."
In these answers, I see #1 is focused on race and groups of people. I love #2's answer on culture because she stated that it influences them in some way. That's exactly what I have learned about culture. It is everywhere and we are all influenced by it in one way or another. I realize how much I didn't know about culture before this class. Notice they all said diversity is having different ethnic groups in a certain area. My #3 friend is someone that doesn't really have the same beliefs or "culture" as me. He's quite different to me and I see a lot of things he does as.... weird! (or different from me...lol). I like how #3 said agreed upon customs, because that can really mean anything. But None of my friends specifically mentioned how culture is the way we move, talk, act, where we work, how we react to certain things or the way we beleive. It has influenced my thinking because I didn't realize how much I had learned about culture and diversity since beginning my studies at Walden. It makes me want to keep digging and learn more and more. These are friends of mine that don't recognize or worry about their culture. They are all of different ages and live in different places in the world.
Hi Shanda,
ReplyDeleteI thought it was great to ask our friends about what they thought of culture and diversity. Different people have different concepts of these terms depending on where they are and what they have experienced. This is one of my favorite topics in the whole course.
Cheers!
Sonali
Hi Shanda,
ReplyDeleteI think it is great whenever we can look at ourselves and see growth! The reality is that many times some subjects may never come up in our inner circle of friends and this may be one of those subjects (lol). Culture and diversity is something we face daily and I am glad your journey has taken you to new places of discovery. This is truly an exciting class for me as well, I am learning so much about culture and diversity.
Shanda,
ReplyDeleteI agree with you, we have learned so much about diversity and culture while at Walden and it makes me want to keep working towards my goal, my Master's when I see how much I am learning. Your answers were diverse in themselves, great post!
Hi Shanda,
ReplyDeleteI came across similar answers from some of the people I asked. It seems that the majority of people I talk to about this subject have the same mindset, just as I did before this class. They seem to have a surface culture perspective which as we found out is shallow at best. Great post.....