Both of the friends I asked answered the same thing, culture; customs that are learned and that are repeated from generation to generations, Diversity; coming together from different cultures. The people I asked are completely different from me; they both live in different parts of the United States and see diversity and culture differently than I do. Because both words are so strong both of my participants did not go into detail of what it meant for them, they both gave me a basic definition of what it means to them without a reasoning behind it.
Culture for me is everything a person is, things that are carried throughout each generation. Food, language, expressions, body movements, traditions, holidays, religion, values, costumes, gender roles, and many more things that can define a person. Diversity is how different one person is from the next, even within the same culture.
I found that all four of the people I interviewed (despite how diverse they were) answered that diversity had to do with culture. I think this is the common misunderstanding. I like how you notes that diversity still exists even within the same culture. I think this is something often not realized!
ReplyDeleteHi Jennifer,
ReplyDeleteI think that sometimes people are afraid of words like cultrue and diversity. I do like your definition of diversity "diversity is how different one person is from the next, even within the same culture."