Blog Assignment: Perspectives on Diversity and Culture

Call, write to, or talk to at least three friends, family members, acquaintances, and/or colleagues. Include at least one person who you believe is in some ways culturally different from you (a different gender, race, class, religion, abilities, age, etc.).

Ask each person to share:

• African American female-Their definition of culture- Different races
• African Male- culture-different race, beliefs,  music, dress 
• African American female definition of diversity-Different kinds of people, race
• African male Diversity-Different culture, ideas
• Family member African American Female Culture- different races, nationality, types of food you eat, heritage
• Family member African American female-Diversity-Different background of races, culture, and ethnicity
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Then reflect on the answers you received and ask yourself:

• 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 basically that I have received are what I basically have studied except heritage
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• Which aspects have been omitted—and what are some examples of such omission?Some aspects that have been omitted are  gender, gestures, party affiliation, everything about a person is culture. Diversity-sexual orientation, ableism, race,different cultures,  
• In what ways has thinking about other people’s definitions of culture and diversity influenced my own thinking about these topics? I think that mainly I did not know so many people thought as I did, but my definition of culture and diversity is more complex and longer than theirs. I did not think as heritage as a definition of culture until my sister said it.