I have chosen three individuals one a co-worker, one a friend and one a family member.
Co-worker: My co-worker and I have worked together for nine years this month and have a great working relationship. Our cultures are different in that she is African American and I being Caucasian.
Culture: “I think culture is difference in the way people live and believe”.
Diversity: “I think they are very similar and it’s the difference in beliefs and perhaps faith”.
Friend: The friend I choose to ask these questions I feel is very similar to me in her beliefs and we share very similar culture characteristics. This friend is also a first grade teacher in the public school system.
Culture: “Culture can be anything from the difference in how individuals live and their beliefs”.
Diversity: “Diversity is differences in individuals, race, language, spiritual beliefs and life style”.
Family member:
This family member I choose is a Caucasian female who is married to an African American man. I choose this family member because I thought her definition would be very interesting since she has a very successful culturally diverse marriage.
Culture: “Culture is what a person believes in and holds close to their heart”. “It also includes their spiritual beliefs, mannerisms, food, dress and so much more”.
Diversity: “Diversity involves the difference in people which includes the same items I mentioned in culture’s definition”.
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?
All of the answers I received had creditability; an individual’s spiritual beliefs can be part of their culture or diversity. For example, individuals with the same skin color can still have difference in culture/diversity, meaning that some individual with the same skin color can have different spiritual beliefs.
Which aspects have been omitted—and what are some examples of such omission?
I don’t think any aspects were omitted in the definitions I received.
In what ways has thinking about other people’s definitions of culture and diversity influenced my own thinking about these topics?
Having my cousin definition given it made me think that there are so many aspects to an individual’s culture and it’s not all about the person’s skin tone or language that sets individuals apart in culturally diverse aspects.
Hello Betty,
ReplyDeleteYou chose an interesting panel of people to interview for this assignment. I learned the most about culture and diversity from your family member who married an African American man. Her comment culture was special because she said, "culture is whatever you hold dear to your heart." This is a unique way to define culture.
Betty,
ReplyDeleteI agree with your and your cousin. Culture is more than on the surface it is mixed with deep culture as well. It is interesting though that all the definition could be summed up as ones way of life. Regardless of where you come from what ever you do, the way you act or the way you interact with others are reflection of who you are in reference to your culture.
Betty,
ReplyDeleteThank You for choosing a great group for this assingment. I believe that there is no correct or incorrect answer for these questions, it's all depend on the interpretation of individual's. I agree that "culture is what we hold closer to our hearts".
Betty,
ReplyDeleteI totally agree with your friend as she defined diversity as "differences in individuals, race, language, spiritual beliefs and life style”. Our differences are what make us so diverse from one another. In spite of our values, beliefs, and customs, we are all unique individuals who bring forth different ideas when conversing with one another.
Betty,
ReplyDeleteYou had a interesting group of people to define culture and diverstiy, and each gave reflective answeres to the question of what it was for them. You are so right when you said that culture is so much more than skin color. I think this has been an intesting class and has broadened all of our defintions of diversity and culutre. Great Post!
Betty,
ReplyDeleteI like how you chose different types of people in your life to interview this week. It's nice to compare their ideas of culture and diversity with your own and see who you resonate with more.