Culture and DIversity

Culture-
1.  The richness of a people group.  The deep rooted places and traditions of a place.
2.  A group of people's way of seeing and interpreting the world.
3.  The ethnicity of social groups.


Diversity-
1.  Differences between people..  What seperates people from one another.
2.  Having different types of people making up a larger group.
3.  Different qualities in people.


There are some similarities in what we have studied and the above given definitions.  There is deep roots in culture, far past food, music or race.  We too have found that a people group's culture affects how they see and interpret the world.

One thing not mentioned is social identities.  How culture and diversity are represented in a persons identity, unique to them.  Culture and diversity is created by the many groups that make up our social identities.

As I looked at the definitions I was given I realized that there is a surface understanding found in each definition.  As we continue to better understand our own social identities we will move past the surface understanding of other's culture and diversity.  This is a great opportunity for us to become fully aware of our own surroundings and how each of us interact with the world.