Michael Harris Communication

In a world where we can’t agree on the simplest things from the correct pronunciation of GIF to the best music or even the next president of the United States, it’s hard to believe we can ever just get along. However, has anyone ever thought that we weren’t meant to agree and live in harmony? Because our races and ethnicities make us unique, we don’t trust each other, and we all have different points of view, we can never live in harmony as “one human race”.

In addition, Brooks judges people based on their purposefully segregating from others based on their differences. In other words, he believes that people aren’t able to accept each other if they have unalike preferences. Brooks says, “Instead, what I have seen all around the country is people making strenuous efforts to group themselves with people who are basically like themselves.”(331) The reality is that people unconsciously click with others that are similar to them, but they don’t intend to separate themselves from others, since they are accustomed to going out to public places and having to see people of different nationalities and life-styles. He tried to prove his point by affirming that, “In Manhattan, the owner of a $3 million SoHo loft would feel out of place moving into a $3 million Fifth avenue apartment.” (331) Brooks missed the point that maybe this owner just enjoys the location of SoHo and is accustomed to living there, but could also get used to an apartment on Fifth avenue. There are many examples that he provides in his essay similar to this one where they don’t fully support his points because he lacks to further explain them.

When people see the world in different way we can learn truths from different perspectives. I once heard an analogy of a mountain and perspectives of Christianity. The mountain symbolizes Christianity. It is very big and it is hard to see all of it. Every person has a different role. Some go inside the mountain and others fly above and take pictures in a helicopter. They are all seeing parts of the mountain so we need to talk to each other so we can learn about other parts of the mountain. If we refuse to look at other perspectives we will only see one small part of the mountain and will miss out on the greatness of the big

In David Brooks’ “People Like Us” passage on the issue of diversity, Brooks takes a personally emotional perspective of the way in which Americans don’t appreciate how diverse our nation is while “relatively homogeneous” (Brooks 136). His argument is weakened, however, through a bias and hypocrisy that his diction conveys. He claims that grouping ourselves with those who we are most alike is in our nature to, and in doing so, we separate ourselves from those who are different. Using certain statistics as evidence, Brooks points out that the social segmentation created by society will always exist.

In this speech I will be talking about whether or not I think that individuals can live together as one human race. I will use quotes from three passages. Those three passages will be Quilt of a Country by Anna Quindlen, Once Upon a Time by Nadine Gordimer, and Rituals of Memory by Kimberly M. Blaeser. All three of these passages have something to do with diversity. In conclusion, I don’t think that individuals can live together as one human race.

Once, race and religion were two traditional structural components of society from the past, but today the two act as social dividers. The disconnection of people of varying beliefs and races as well as the misunderstanding of each other in societies are issues well interpreted in the novels, Black Like Me, by John Howard Griffin and The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin. Both authors would agree that something must be done to bridge the gap in racially segregated society. From a personal perspective, as long as there are people who think they are socially and spiritually different from others, there will always be misunderstanding between people.

Culture is not a fixed phenomenon, nor is it the same in all places or to all people. It is relative to time, place, and particular people. Learning about other people can help us to understand ourselves and to be better world citizens.

Knowledge is the beginning of wisdom. Knowledge is a gift from God. Knowledge is God, God is a someone, not a something. Full knowledge concerning God can’t be explained.

It is important that if one wants to understand a race that they have to have an openness towards that culture.

One might not understand what makes one keep moving forward day after day. Nobody gets it unless they have lived in the footsteps of another. Ask any Native American. They have lived a life of others judging and misunderstanding and if they haven't their ancestors have. The Native Americans pass stories down generation by generation so surely they have heard what it was like to be misunderstood. They believe differently than other cultures, yet not one is alike. They have a very complicated and hard to understand system when it comes to their views. The way they view, believe and run their system is never fully understood unless one has grown up with the Native American culture. The religious culture of these people is what holds their

In our society today, culture is not what it used to be hundreds of years ago. There is no more “pure” culture. Our culture today is enriched with many different traditions and customs that are being shared and adopted. Due to emigration and immigration, a variety of diverse customs, beliefs, and knowledge moved with every exiting and entering human being. Thus, changing and shaping the culture of many. Throughout the world, the beliefs and religious views of culture are dissimilar around the world. By taking the time to read, listen and learn about certain people’s culture, there will be knowledge and understanding that will be gained.

In today 's society, “people are closed minded,” and do not take the opportunity getting to know the other person because of stereotyping and racism. Even though we all have different opinions toward other cultures, norms, beliefs and values we should all respect each other differences. We should consider learning from one another and not judge a person based on their race, ethnicity, gender and religion. As a society, it is very important; we educated ourselves in other cultures, even though we all have different values and beliefs.

When we interact with people from other cultures it is important to understand that there is a history behind how they view us and how we view them. Many cultures within our country, as well as throughout the world, have such different belief systems from ours that if we don’t make a point of learning about the history behind other belief systems

We simply cannot understand. You, however, have experienced, and have frames of references, to events that others may not understand. Complete the following: 1. I know what it means to…. Experience discrimination due to color of my skin.

Why do people hurt others? Well why individuals hurt others is because of a misunderstanding or by moral conflict. When people have Moral conflict itws usually about two groups that have different ideas about the good life, So they often stress about the importance of different things, Most of the time they may develop radically different or incompatible goals. Although another general feature of conflict is the characteristics of a relationship and the communication between others. A lot of people have a habit of negative stereotyping, this is a issue that is often involving judgeing things about other people. Some time moral conflict tends to point out some ones personality, Intelligence, And even social manners. People intend on disagreeing