The first person I questioned was my husband. His definition of culture is the work ethic ( you can't tell that is important to him, right??), mannerisms, and parental leanings (generational) you inherit from your family. Diversity is going out of the box to engage others without fear.
My second person was my eldest son, Michael. His definition of culture is the way you are raised, how you learned to socialize, and the methods you use to define yourself. Diversity is how people do everything differently and how you adjust to it.
And thirdly, I chose my manager at work. She said culture is the dynamics of anywhere you are. She also said that diversity is the differences you don't know.
The answers I received did include some examples of what I am learning in this course. I particularly liked my husband's answer about going out of the box and approaching others without fear. Diversity is all about how you relate to and adjust to others.
Examples of some omissions are really not evident to me. I think that they pretty well covered culture and diversity. I was actually proud of their responses.
I like the way your son answer your question of culture Because that the way I think of culture. An diversity is the way people do thing different and how they adjust to it.
ReplyDeleteI really like what your manager at work said. We really don't know how different we are from each other. Until we are comfortable exploring our differences we won't know how diverse we are.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing.
Carolina
Thank you for your request.
ReplyDeleteI love your husband's respone about approaching people without fear. I think fear can seperate people. The fear of the unknown as well as the fear that something we believe may not be accepted. Thank you for your blog this week!
Josie
Fear is paralyzing. We need to think outside the box, and go outside our comfort zone. You should be proud of your family's responses as well. Thank you for sharing!
ReplyDeleteDeb
ReplyDeleteThe responses to your question about culture and diversity was quite interesting. Eliminating fear is the key to culture diversity and believing that everyone is unique in their own way.