Interviewees’
definition of culture and diversity
Whitney (African-American Pre-med
student/sister-n-law)
Culture is the way of life of a group of people.
Diversity is a group of characteristics that separate culture into
distinct groups in which they exists
Culture is the sociological genetic
makeup of an individual in regards to their environments, experiences, and
education.
Diversity is just the
differences in all aspects of individuals live
Culture is how we interact with
people who we have family relationships with that unite us together. We have favorite recipes and music that
represent our culture.
Diversity is what separates us
from other people cultural ways.
Culture
relates to the beliefs, artifacts, the values, and other things that bind people
together (Smidt, 2006) . We have discussed
to some degree each individual definition of culture. For example, we have discussed that culture
is the way of life. Culture is something
that brings us together and culture does relate to a sociological agent. Also an example of culture is many view the
food and music that we share in our family as being a part of our culture. For
example diversity is the differences that separate us.
I feel that each
person gave their own opinion of culture, but as we have learned, culture is
complex. For example, people of the same
culture are quite different, depending on their individuality, their family,
their gender, age, race, ethnicity, abilities, religion, economic level, social
status, where they live and where they came from, sexual orientation,
educational level, and even appearance, size, and shape (Gonzalez-Mena, 2008) .
From engaging in
conversation from each of these people, I learned a lot about how important
culture is to them and how they each deal with the cultural diversity of the
world. They each shared an experience on
how their family culture has gone through changes as they learned to adapt to
the ways and beliefs of people and their cultures. I learned that all of these people valued
their own culture, and in fact that culture is a way of life that may in fact
make us come closer together. I also
learned that despite these three people ages, gender, income status, religion, education,
and race them all had the same perspective on culture and diversity.
References
Gonzalez-Mena, J. (2008). Diversity in
Early Care and Education. New York: McGraw-Hill.
Smidt. (2006). The
Developing Child in the 21st Century. New York: Routledge.
I really liked your statement that "culture is a way of life that may in fact make us come closer together". I find that to be so true. Even when we at times disagree with family, it is those common threads that bind us together. Thanks for your post!
ReplyDeleteHi Tamieka,
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed reading the definitions of culture and diversity from your friends. Culture and diversity really gives persepctive to the insights of others.
Tamieka,
ReplyDeleteYour interview included a variety of ethnic backgrounds and as you said, all had similar definitions. I was surprised when asking three individuals how similar but unique each definition was. It seems that our country is moving forward with understanding culture and diversity! Great Post,
Amanda