Perspectives on Diversity and Culture

The first person I asked is one of my coworkers at Head Start. My family services teacher is a Hispanic woman who speaks both English and Spanish. She is 50 years old. We had a discussion about her definition of culture and diversity. She said culture is your background and diversity is what makes you different from one another.

I called my step-father who is male and 65 years old. I asked his definition of diversity and culture. He said culture is features shared by certain groups of people and diversity is how people are different.

I then asked my daughter Harley who is 11 her definitions of culture and diversity. She said culture is like your skin color and and diversity is differences.

The definitions of culture were mostly looking at the topic from a broad overview. surface culture such as foods, holidays, and traditions were not mentioned.

When I read over the definitions of culture and diversity I think the different people I interviewed touched on the deep meaning of both. It made me want to educate others on the many different aspects of both topics and how they influence our lives.