Personal Narrative: Growing Up In A Diverse Society

I was born and raised in the small but growing city of Perris, CA. This isn’t the best city out there but it tends to grow on you, and you begin to truly love it for what it is. The people, however, not so much. The community can vary from which part of the city you’re in. That’s because there’s diversity here in Perris. I’m a product of this diversity, being half Mexican and half African American. My parents fell in love after high school and later on began a family. I am the youngest of five. I have two older brothers, an older sister, and an older cousin who lives with us. The order is boy, girl, boy, boy, girl with my cousin being included in there too. We all live in the same house with my parents and are quite close with each other. They all seem to have raised me growing up due to the fact that my parents were busy trying to provide for us. This was a challenge by itself, resulting in lots of house moving and my father being unemployed for six years after losing his job. I never complained about moving because I knew that my parents were doing their absolute best and were working with all that they had and then some. This unquestionably made me adaptable to new environments and gave me a

My diversity project desribes me in many ways, some ways you already know about me some you don't. The outside of the folder repersents things that you may already know about me, the first image is of my name everyone knows my name becuase that is how you have conversation with me and get my attention. The second image is of a musician becuase I love music, it's a vey important part of my life , it makes me feel better when im upset and helps me clear my head. The third image shows a person running, this image repesents me because i'm a very active person, and i do my best to stay healthy and keep in shape. The fourth image is of the number 21, which represents my age. And the final photo is of the color black is represents my favortie color.

They called me an apple. Since I was supposedly red on the outside, but white on the inside, I was automatically a walking bullseye. Being one of the many oppressed Aboriginals, I understand their need to hurt someone else in an effort to release some of their internal pain. I understand why so many give up or turn into raging alcoholics in an effort to numb their pain. Coming from a reservation, my greatest challenge was proving to everyone that all the stereotypes about my people were fallacious. However, the need for a government and an education system that won’t keep on failing us repeatedly is imperative. The only way that I can make my voice heard is to break these stereotypes and to reach a higher education; hence my application for

Sometimes there are books that are so hyped up that you just wonder if they're really all that good. Sometimes you find yourself disappointed, the only person out of your bookish friends who dislikes said book. Other times, you find yourself amidst the endless number of fangirls and fanboys, and you join them in shouting praises of the book off the nearest rooftop. For me, Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda was the latter.

During my last semester I took my first cultural diversity class. This class taught me a lot which is why I found the first couple of chapters very interesting. When I began reading “Gang Leader for a Day” by Sudhir Venkatesh I thought he was doing this for a good cause. In his first semester of graduate school, Venkatesh decided to study African-American poverty. He went into the Chicago projects and experienced the gang life. I felt he genuinely wanted to be diverse and see how other people, who were extremely different from him, lived. Being diverse is wanting to see a great deal of variety but what Venkatesh did was far from this in my opinion. While reading I began to feel as if he was doing this to prove that African-American’s lives’

My diverse background allows me to see both sides of the spectrum. One day I live in the suburbs of the city that I live in. I see old white males in drive around in their corvettes and think about what it would be like to have one of my own. Another day I see poverty. I see urban areas. I see what it’s like to not have anything. I see the quality of life that the people in the suburbs would not have the experience of living in.

I grew up in the city of Peabody, MA and was raised in a middle class family of four, with both my mom and dad, and my older sister Gina. We lived in a 3-bedroom house in the suburbs, and I couldn’t have had a more normal upbringing. I went to school at the public school, went to church on Sundays, and hung out the neighborhood kids until the streetlights turned on. Growing up in Peabody was a very typical, American upbringing.

I really enjoy the show Born This Way. It was a wonderful and touching show. To the point where I think to myself that I was born blessed because I don't know how I would have coped if I was in their shoe. What can I say though these individual let us see through a different lens of life? To the point where I think to myself that I was born blessed because I don't know how I would have coped if I was in their shoe. I also got emotional throughout the show, but have times in the show where I was laughing none stop, have empathy for them and some that feeling of remorse within myself. They are such a group of hilarious people and you can see that they don't let anything bother them. The impact that I receive from this show let me realize that

I was born and raised in a very diverse community in the central parts of New Jersey. Growing up in a diverse area allowed me to learn and interact with individuals of different upbringings than that of my own. My Community consisted people from the West Indies, South America, India, Haiti, Russia, Pakistan, and United States, and more. As I began to enter into adulthood, I can say the Indian culture was very unlike anything that I've ever known. Religion is a big part of the Indian culture which includes Buddhism, Jainism, and Hinduism. I have always found Buddhism to be a fascinating religion. "In general, Buddhism is a way of finding peace within oneself. It is a religion that helps us find the happiness and contentment we seek. Buddhists

In fact, the global mindset is an individual thought to help the global leader understand the current global situation. Thinking globally is not just having international experience. It is more likely to help people enter globalization. The GMI report reflects everyone status of global mindset. In my report, the passion for diversity is lower than the average score. It means my passion for diversity in global mindset needs to improve. In my opinion, passion for diversity is means accept different global culture, ideology and behavior habit. I think I am very happy to accept them, but I lack long-time live in other countries, and depths understand human value. If I stay new countries for a long time, I feel panic. However, I enjoy travel other

My background with ethnicity is limited. My paternal grandfather is from the Netherlands and my maternal grandmother’s family is from Sweden. Other than that, I have not had any other extensive experiences with different ethnic groups. Once my family from the Netherlands came to visit in 2012, I was introduced to my great Aunt Toos. It was difficult speaking with her because of the language barrier; her English was far from clear. Although there were difficulties communicating, I was nevertheless able to learn a few Dutch phrases from her.

I was only five years old when I first moved to to the small town of Latham (back when it was still small). As I grew up, the community grew with me, and we both embraced more and more cultures, lifestyles, and religions, evolving to have a special affinity for diversity.

I felt like some of you know me one way, others in a different way. Many of you don’t know my full story. So here it is. Growing up I was always bullied and yeah it hurt, but I got through it. I was just taking what life was throwing at me. I had anxiety growing up that led to depression in about the 7th grade. I just tried my best to deal with it. Growing up I always felt out-of-place, always wishing I was older and more independent. Once I got to high school I knew things would change. But never in the way that they did. It was an instant success, well the social part at least. Everyone wanted to know what I was doing and where I was going. And oh let me tell you I’m going places. Things were different in high school I had tons of friends. All my good ones

What does not kill you makes you stronger. That is what were told from childhood to adolescents. During this time in our lives were faced with trials and tribulations that test us as individuals. This allows us to grow and bloom in to the strong young adults we are expected to be. We have all been there and passed these obstacles. My story is unique, but falls in the same path of success. I, along with many of my peers, struggled with self-esteem and having a positive imagine of myself.

Without diversity, our world would be a very singular place. To me, diversity is the depth of knowledge that you get when people with different backgrounds and experiences (such as socio-economic, religious, ethnic, cultural, and sexual orientation differences) come together to find a solution to a problem. Since individuals usually draw on their specific life experiences when trying to solve a problem, a diverse group of problem-solvers with diverse approaches inevitably results in more creative and practical ideas. I look forward to spending my college years learning from people whose perspectives are different and unique from my own and enriching the dialogue with my own experiences. My life has always been different from most of the