Diversity Reflection

Today we have many states that still have a ban on same sex marriage and the top news story of the past month has been about transgender bathroom rights. You would think that in this day and age these topics would be non-issues. Sadly though, they are examples of how people view differences today. Many people, for whatever reason, try to hold back from making change and see it as a negative thing. Due to this, I think that the first step when promoting diversity consciousness should be explaining how it is a positive thing and will benefit us in building a livelier future. I believe that if we continue to educate people on the benefits of diversity and encourage various diverse groups to stop avoiding change and work together we can start to embrace change. Then we can begin to see differences as an asset rather than a hindrance.

The purpose of this paper is to reflect upon the diverse experiences that I have had in my personal and professional life. Fortunately, I have had a large mix of diverse friends and experiences in my life. This paper will discuss those diversities as well as the plan to expand on my current knowledge.

I learned some important things from this course that I will allow to stick with me no matter my profession. Diversity is something I will always have to deal with regardless if it is race, gender, or gender orientation. Importantly this course has allowed me to grow as an individual and has shown me that it is okay to learn about other races and their background. Not only has it allowed me to be acceptable of everyone in fact, it has allowed me to be less judgmental amongst others.

The Beyond diversity workshop dealing with racial issues made me think more in depth about what people of color have to endure. I have always tried to put myself in others situations to help me better understand their actions, and this workshop shined some light onto issues I have not considered. These issues (like how the majority of the United States population sometimes ignore one pivotal point in history—slavery, and celebrate others—like 4th of July) encompasses what social psychology is about: how we relate to, and treat other people. Obedience, as discussed in Pettijohn with the shock experiment, help me better understand why good people may treat others the way that they do. For example, in my home

My learning experience of the diversity course storyline is from a biblical perspective. Although, people of God are from different cultures, backgrounds, skin color, language, age, sexual orientation, race, they are all part and important to God. Diversity stems from evidence of mix emotions, concerning the inferiority of others. The inferiority sometimes dwells in the Body of Christ. Paul writes in Romans 12:1-5,

This summer I was challenged to take on a volunteer opportunity at a facility with children to learn about and experience encounters on diversity. I started volunteering with Mrs. Rodriguez at her home daycare center “Severina Rodriguez Family Home Day Care” on May 2, 2015. This institution’s mission is “Where your Child is our Priority.” I originally picked this daycare center because when I was a toddler I was a part of this institution. I wanted to give back to those who took care of me when my parents could not. This home daycare is located in Hialeah, a primarily Hispanic portion of Miami. Since the majority of the inhabitants of Hialeah are Hispanic the demographics of the home daycare was primarily Hispanic. Other races that were represented

Pursuing significance is not merely growing personally due to a challenging medical situation; it is choosing to live a life led for others because of overcoming adversity – to foster a compassionate connection with the community that will give the chronically ill an equal chance at flourishing. Selflessly acting as an agent for change via the promotion of acceptance and inclusivity of people with disabilities within society is significant. Becoming an attorney will allow me to live a life of significance by working toward successfully diminishing the stigma of disabled people being often perceived as helpless or faking their symptoms – since many disabilities are not physically visible – for sympathy from non-disabled people. Consequently, stigma related to disabilities is a major barrier to creating an inclusive community which can

Diversity is defined as “the condition of having or being composed of differencing elements” (Webster Dictionary). Through my clinical experiences I have seen a lot of diversity whether it be different ethnicity, the family culture/make-up or students living with disabilities in the classrooms. Specifically, in my urban clinicals I saw more ethnicity and culture diversity differences between student to student and student to teacher relationships. However, in my suburban school clinical experiences I also saw diversity, but in a different way. Here I saw much more diversity in family make-up.

I think what I enjoyed the most about this course was the fact that I got to learn about all of the different factors that impact or are relevant in order to really understand diversity. I also founded interesting how much understanding this concept really affects your life and those that surround you. I really also enjoyed how we were able to comment on each other’s post, and give our own opinion or feedback on the discussion of the week. I think that this was a great idea because we saw who had similar points of views, who agreed or disagree and some even gave us some words of encouragement. It was just good to communicate with others on the topics of discussion for the week, and after all it was necessary since the main focus of this course

The purpose of this year’s diversity month was to address certain diversity-related issues. We planned three discussions on topics that affect the daily life and performance of workers. The topics were work life balances, generational challenges, and political correctness. We decided on these topics after careful observation of interactions between workers . Suggestions from some workers also made the need for a safe space to discuss these issues clear . Across the PwC network, a week in September is dedicated to celebrating diversity. Last year, our activities included a mentoring program and a multicultural celebration. This year we decided to spread the activities over a month because of the different schedules. We also wanted to make

Taylor, you gave great view points about Senior Human Resources representatives need to understand how staff provide diversity training to the organization. Also you gave a view point of how religious believers will have to interact with many other beliefs in order address many diverse peoples. My thought is that we as believers and nonbelievers must present ourselves as a vital part of a system that promote good values to all that we encounter. In the workplace it is so important that as leaders coming from being a good follower of God guidance to build a world that all would want to be a part of.

I attended the event Diversity Matters sponsored by the Access and Diversity Center. The speaker was Dr. Brenda Allen. I enjoyed both the delivery and content of her presentation. Dr. Allen’s purpose was to explain the reasons diversity matters in higher education. In addition to the specific purpose of her speech, she shared resources and personal experiences as examples of the principles being applied in the real world. She established her credibility by citing her experience and positions. This also helped us understand the depth of her knowledge in the field of diversity in a university setting. I noticed she navigated the crowd and made lots of eye contact. This affected me because I felt her confidence conveyed as she moved while transitioning through points in the speech and looked directly at professors when a point was made concerning them and did a similar thing with the students in the room when she was addressing us.

The major question I feel like I didn’t answer well was my knowledge of culture and diversity. Specifically, I talked in depth about working with individuals with diverse ethnic backgrounds, but I did not think of diversity variables such as age, gender, SES, education level, etc. You should be prepared to talk about your clinical experiences (i.e., what they were, what your role was, were there any ethical issues that came up, etc.). For example, I worked as an in-home behavioral therapist for nonverbal autistic children, and we spent the most time talking about that during the interview. Finally, I can’t say if this question was specific to my program or not, but we also talked in length about self-care activities and time

On bases of diversity, I am certain that I relate to most of its aspects. I was born in Cameroon, a developing county in Africa. Moving to the United States exposed me to not just gender diversity, but also to racial cultural and religious diversity. I moved to the United States in 2015 at age 15 and started community college at age 16. At the time, I did not consider myself to be naïve, but I thought of how my life was going to be like in class. One of the advisors at my community college said to my mom “She is too young to be a fulltime college student. I’d advice she does at least a year of high school in the United State so that she will adapt to the lifestyle and prepare for college both socially and mentally.” Diversity is something I to I relate to and respect so much.

Based on my immersion with this culture, I learned that this minority group is striving to achieve the highest education so they can be financially stable, find a decent paying job, family oriented, and be loyal to their family. This culture is here to better themselves and build their self-worth, not take all of the low paying jobs. What I learned about myself is that I love learning about different cultures and how I can put aside the differences and focus on the individual. My perception of this group was that they were a poor minority group that worked low paying jobs in America. After talking to the mother of the family, she did work a low paying job but she strived to collect more income for the sake of her children. Based on the language