Chanelle: She defined culture as the traditions, ideas, and
customs that a group of people share. The group of people do not have to share
the same race but share characteristics that are similar to each other. She
stated that diversity means differences. These differences can be religion,
ideology, customs, cultures, race and value.
Jay: Defined culture as way different races view the world
and the ideas they hold. He defined diversity in the terms of different races
and religions.
Sarah: She viewed culture as the unique characteristics
associated with different groups of people. She gave an example about how
different the culture of the South is when compared to culture in the North.
She stated that diversity means differences. These differences can happen
inside a single culture but are respected by all members of the society.
In my conversation with these three friends many examples of
culture invisibility were given. Sarah discussed the culture of Mexicans as
being only the language and food that they eat. This showed that she did not
know much about the actual culture of the group of people and that there were
many other unique characteristics to Mexicans.
In the definitions given the idea of how a group of people view
the world was not given by any of the people I identified.
The responses from these three people made me think of how people
have their own working definition of what culture really is. Just like the
people in our resource videos, these three thought of different alike but
similar definitions of culture. I think that it is very important to understand
the definition of culture because it is the first step in accepting diversity
among different cultures.
Shorlone,
ReplyDeleteI too found it interesting how we all think of culture and diversity and our definitions of each of the word in our own opinions. This assignment was very enlightening to get feed back from our peers is very helpful and makes you think.
Shorlone
ReplyDeleteI agree with your statement on defining culture. We must be more aware of others and get a deeper understanding of culture beyond what everyone seems to know which appears to be just the surface definition.
Shorlone,
ReplyDeleteI agree with your statement that it is important to understand the definition of culture because it is the first step in accepting diversity among different cultures. We do have to understand the definition of culture in order to accept diversity.
Thank you for sharing
Shorlone,
ReplyDeleteIt looks like your friends gave great definitions of cultural and diversity. I really like the example that your friend gave of the different cultures that exist between the North and South. I remember as a child hearing how offended people would get if you mistaken a Northern as a Southern and vice- versa.