It was interesting asking people about their views on diversity and culture this week. Two people I talked to had similar definitions - that culture is more to do with food and holidays while diversity is the differences between people. Both of these persons gave examples of diversity as different races (in different words, but in general that's what they were saying!). These persons were both from a pretty conservative background and lifestyle in general. They still live in the small town that they were born and grew up in and I wasn't surprised by their definitions at all. So many aspects of both diversity and culture were omitted from these two person's definitions! They gave the stereotypical definitions.
The third person that I talked to was culturally different from myself in a few ways. His definition of culture was that it is everything around you that you consider normal. Like things that you take for granted and just assume that it's just the way it is for everyone until you travel or hear other people's stories and realize the differences that exist. Diversity was defined as the blending of different cultures. I found these definitions interesting and definitely different from others.
It was an interesting week as I considered surface and deep culture... but talking to people that I know and interact with on a regular basis was even more interesting.
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