Young African American Male said “Culture is shared beliefs,
goals, and practices. Diversity is different cultures mixing together to work
in a certain environment”.
Older African American Female Early childhood teacher said “Culture is your way of life, how you celebrate holidays, how you view life, and what you share with family. Diversity is different cultures living in environments, working in environments, and learning in environments together”.
Young African American Female, first grade Teacher said “Diversity is when people can respect and accept others differences and ideas, understanding that people and situations differ but in order to be diverse we have to accept that our very own uniqueness is not the ‘right’ way all the time. Culture is what makes us diverse. It’s our beliefs, experience, and values”.
The aspects of culture that was included in the answers I
received are culture is shared beliefs and practices of people, culture is a
lifestyle, and culture is an individual’s outlook on life. The aspect of
diversity that was included in the answers I received is diversity is different
cultures working together. The aspects that were omitted was deep culture,
culture is not limited to gender and ethnicity. Thinking about other people’s
definitions of culture and diversity influenced my own thinking about these two
topics. I began to think of how other cultures live in the same environments
and work in the same environments but there are still problems with racism.
Tiffany - I like the inclusion of environments as a topic of culture. I hadn't thought much about how our environments fit with culture and diversity. When we think about how different the environments we live in can be, it is easy to see how the environment affects who we are and how we think, live, eat, communicate, etc. Thank you for sharing.
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Tiffany,
ReplyDeleteThe young African American lady touched on something very important. It actually should be printed on t-shirts! "We have to accept that our very own uniqueness." We as parents, adults and educators have to keep this in mind so that we can keep reminding our children:)
I really liked that quote she said too. I really need to make my preschoolers learn this because they are always making fun of each other. I think even as adults we need to realize uniqueness isnt a bad thing it is something that we all have and should accept of everyone else.
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