Culture Diversity

African Americans make up 13.3% of the United States population, Hispanics/Latinxs are 17.8%, Asians are 5.7%, Native Americans and Alaska Natives are 1.3%, and Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders are .2% (United, 2016).

Today our society is built of different cultures and races. Cultural Diversity is a “diverse group in society, with varying racial classifications and national origins, religion affiliations, language, physical size, gender, sexual orientation, disability, socioeconomic status, and geographic locations” (Taylor, 2014, p.74). Nurses need to know the different types of cultures in our society in order to provide adequate care to clients with a different cultural background. As nurses, we need to understand that each client has different values and beliefs which are learned from families and communities. These values and beliefs can influence client’s health. For example, Muslim clients may refuse prescriptions containing gelatin, pork products, or alcohol while Jewish clients may be prohibited the use of the patient-controlled analgesia pump because it might be considered work during a Sabbath day (Arritt, 2014). These two cultures are different from the American culture in many ways, but they all need a good health care regardless of their values and beliefs.

America if a culture forever changing. You can see when stroll into town or in a supermarket, we see the diversity of our country. America is a culture of diversity. America is a culture of diversity because of the difference between religion, politics, people, their food, and even clothing.

America is one the most culturally diverse places I can think of. And even though we have progressed tremendously, recent years have showed us we stil have a very long way to go. Between the protests and the violence or the fake news and alternative facts many of us find ourselves asking the same question. Why are we still dealing with this is 2017?

The United States possesses a racially and ethnically diverse population. There are many people living within in the U.S. who all commonly share a cultural background or are of the same descent, mainly owing to the country’s immigrant population; each of these ethnic groups contribute to and play a major role in America’s cultural background. Whether it’s Hispanic Americans or Asian Americans, the United States is one of the most diverse nations in regards to culture and has a wide selection of different ethnicities. Due to the country’s broad range of races, the U.S. has continuously gained many benefits from the various cultures in society, the economy, and in so many other ways; particularly the evolution of American culture. Although,

In today’s society the words culture, diversity and multicultural environments are used to support the idea of an inclusive organization. Adhering to federal and state mandates, in addition to maintaining a politically correct appearance with regards to culturally diverse organizations is the new normal. The purpose of this paper is to examine the definitions of culture, diversity and multiculturalism as well as provide some insight into the current standings around these topics as a nation and within an urban public school system. First, definitions of culture, diversity, and multicultural perspectives will be presented. Followed by personal reflections on some current issues in public schools organizations culture and its impact. Prior

I perceive myself as a person that values a diverse culture. In my life, I was raised to respect and value the culture of other people. My parents would always say that every human being needs to be respected regardless of their beliefs, their social network, and their economic status. The culture of others varies and is defined as the language that the diverse people speak, the religion they believe, and the lifestyle that individuals choose. Furthermore, I’m from a country that has diverse communities who have different cultures, but also have some similarities. To value others culture is what I most respect, and do it my way of life. In a nutshell, people need to value other cultures because every society and community group

The entire population of the United States combined with all these diverse people is a total of about 321,418,820 according to the 2010 census and updated in the year 2015, the distribution of that population is as follows; the Whites are about 247,784,609 and they are by far the largest group of people in the United States of America. The Blacks or African American are about 42,632,530 and are second in the category of largest race of people in the United States. The Asians come in the third position numbering 17,982,195 and the American Indian and Native Alaskan number 4,010,885. Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders number 760,190 and lastly, those who are mixed of 2 or more races account for a total of 8,248,411. - 2

The United States is a multicultural society in which health professionals handle people from various origins. Now the question is: “How nurses meet diversified needs of human lives?” Each day, nurses make optimistic changes in human lives by providing care. This holistic care includes each and every aspect of health. This includes, but isn’t limited to physical, intellectual, emotional, and significantly cultural dimensions. In order for nurses to provide transcultural care, they need to be knowledgeable to understand significance of cultural diversity and take measures to provide culture competent care.

Cultural diversity has become a strength within the many communities the results of decades of fighting for equality for all Americans. However, over the last decade there has been a dramatic rise in conservative, religious, family values groups, that have become no better than the school yard bully we all avoided as children. Psychological theory of essentialism, play a major role in the psychological makeup of these conservative groups, shunning anything or anyone that they simply cannot understand. Essentialism, supports stereotype prejudice, psychologically embedding the thoughts and ideas of these prejudices engrained into the psyche of the individual, making these stereotype prejudice a core value (Bastian, & Haslam, 2006). “People essentialize emotion categories by assuming that members of the same category” behave in the same manner, fostering a prejudice against people (Lindquist, Gendron, Oosterwijk, & Barrett, 2013). The psychological phenomenon of essentialism has virtually halted progress, encouraging regression and causing division.

This course has taught me a lot about cultural diversity that I was previously unaware of. Granted, I have always had at least a tolerance towards other cultures and ethnicities that were different from my own, but this class has helped me to learn more about those cultures and taught me to have more of an acceptance for those cultures rather than just tolerating them. I have also learned that all cultures, races, and ethnicities should have the chance to be understood and accepted for who they are, rather than what the media portrays them as. So many people are discriminated against because of a story in the news that has absolutely nothing to do with them as a person, but

“We need to help students and parents cherish and preserve the ethnic and cultural diversity that nourishes and strengthens this community - and this nation (Cesar Chavez).” This quote has one meaning overall that I love. We need to honor the ethnic and cultural diversity that helps our community grow along with our nation. Without diversity, our country and community our world would be boring and dull.

In the modern world it is very important to understand the terms “globalization” and “culture”. Globalization is a process which involves changes in the natural human life. In other words we may call it as changes in the culture of that particular human being or any other particular group. Culture of a group or particular person mainly tells about the life of people or person, living traditions, historical values, religious matters in that particular social system. So we could say culture is a subsystem with in a lager social system.

When attempting to form a social identity in a diverse country such as Canada, discrimination often acts as a barrier. This can pose difficulty for individuals to integrate themselves into society in a way that promotes self-acceptance and human diversity. One of the problems that may arise, due to stereotypes and the classification of individuals based on their culture, religion or race, is assumed homogeneity (Arasaratnam, 2015, p.300).

What is culture? Are we that different? The English Anthropologist Edward B. Taylor explained it in his work Primitive Culture as “Culture or civilization is a complex whole which includes knowledge, belief, art, morals, law, customs, and other capabilities acquired by human as a member of society.”