For this blog I asked three people about what diversity and culture meant to them.
I asked my husband, my friend, and a coworker.
My husband defined culture as who we are, and diversity as how we are different.
My friend defined culture as what makes us tick, and diversity the same things that make up our culture.
My coworker defined culture as those things that make us fit in with others, and diversity as the other attributes that make us
I was supprised that the definitions that each of them made were very similiar to the definition I have learned. It made me think about how much I had shared about what I was learning throughout the last couple of weeks. I asked the three people I interact with the most, and I think my conversationbs with them may have influenced their responses. Each definition includes the comment that culture makes us who we are. This goes right with what the women in the multimedia presentation said. Each of these were simple definitions, so they omitted any deeper defintions including much differetiation between cultures or diversity.
In asking others about their definitions I realized how much what I am learning influences the other people in my life. This may be part of my culture, or possibly diversity.
I like the way your husband defined culture! I agree that culture is who we are and what makes us who we are! Good job hubby! It is amazing that almost everyone that I talked to as well defined culture almost the same way.
ReplyDeleteI like the definition that your coworker gave. It shows that a person cannot just be described by their culture or their diversity but that they need both to be a complete person.
ReplyDeleteI like the definition your friend gave, that culture is what makes us tick, and the definition your husband gave on diversity is how we are different from others. These are good definitions; if we look at it culture is what we have inherited or what was instilled in us. In my opinion they both go hand and hand.
ReplyDeleteI like how your reflected on the possibility that your conversations may have affected their answers. In various workplace cultures and relationships the nature of revealing what we really believe, think and experience can be intimidating and/or liberating.
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