Blog Assignment: Perspectives on Diversity and Culture

 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? 

In reflection to the aspects of culture and diversity, along with hard and soft cultural diversity that I have studied in this course and how it relates to social identities based on their personal experience and characteristic’s inherent as a tradition involving the dominant cultures empowerment referring to the spiritual, political, social, or economic expectations and individuals participation involving their ethnic background and ethnicity. I learned each individual within their own life environment and familyculture where similar but different depending on their tradition of who, what, where, when, and how things are done within a group of people during special events pertaining to beliefs, values and morals involving their personal experience within their lives. Furthermore, I learned that the aspects of their lives in which their inherent consisted of race, religion, class, language, age and gender relating to their own personal experience to participate and adapt to the changes in which their inherent from their ancestors was different from other individuals characteristic’s and perspectives in which they live their lives base of traditions within their family cultures life style.
 Which aspects have been omitted—and what are some examples of such omission?

 For example, An Hispanic women age 61 years old shared her personal definition of cultural and diversity as things that going on in the world today in celebration of the Battle of Flowers Fiesta parade, the Alamo and African Americans participation Black History Month. Involving religion relating to freedom speeches, music, soul food, singing and dancing to music relating to their family culture and beliefs. Furthermore, the Hispanic celebrates in the fifth of May in which is called in Spanish and in English it is called May the fifth in the United States and in Mexico, primarily in the state of Puebla, where the holiday is called El Día de la Batalla de Puebla. Also, in English the holiday is called The Day of the Battle of Puebla. Cino de Mayo is a tradition to cook Mexican foods, colorful clothes, Mexican music, dancing and songs in celebration of their inherence from their culture ethnicity. For instance, her perspective of what diversity was the different things she do for instance swimming, reading books hunting. Another example; given by an African American male stated his definition of culture to share beliefs, heritage, and his perspective of diversity was to have different lifestyles consisting of different groups of people involved in Hip Hop culture. For instance, his perspective on relating to diversity consisted of different ethnic groups participating in the same events such as the workforce and holiday events. 

Furthermore, a young black male age 19 years old definition of culture was passing on a tradition relating to Hispanic culture, celebrating Cino de Mayo and African American people celebrating a black holiday that is in relationship to African vibe called Kwanza. For example; his definition of diversity consisted of a group of people participating in a Civil Right Movement were a group of people come together. For instance like the Freedom Riders.

In what ways were thinking about other people’s definitions of culture and diversity influenced my own thinking about these topics? 

The ways my thinking about other people’s definitions of culture just proves to me how the complex culture really is when relating to other individuals perspectives and definitions of what they think culture mean. However, I feel culture is about everything we do that involves our lifestyles and how we relate to traditions, beliefs and everyday environment pertaining to our lives with other ethnic cultures involving a diversity consisting groups of people values and morals and how that act upon what they believe.