Personal Narrative: My Involvement In Diversity

Too black for the White kids, yet somehow too white for the Black kids, oh the perils of a cappuccino mixed race kid. But it’s true. My life since I was young, at least younger than my eighteen year old self, has been about which group do I most fit in with. Between the four school changes over the course of twelve years, all in white suburban towns I’ve molded myself into an array of characters.

1.1a Explain what is meant by Diversity Diversity is a reality created by individuals and groups from a broad spectrum of demographic and philosophical variations. It is important to support and protect diversity because of valuing individuals and groups free from prejudice, and by fostering a climate where equity and mutual respect are intrinsic. "Diversity" means more than just acknowledging and/or tolerating difference. Diversity is a set of conscious practices that involve: •Understanding and appreciating interdependence of humanity, cultures, and the natural environment. •Practicing common respect for qualities and experiences that are different from our own.

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.

I am a spoiled rich kid. I live in an upper middle class town located in one of the prosperous countries in the world. I attend to a competitive school with qualified teachers who care about their students. I have seemingly endless opportunity to participate in my community or gain experience in a job. I have fair skin, living in a world where is being Caucasian is advantageous.

Hello my name is Trenard Jackson. I’m 20 years of age I am from Prattville, Al . I will be telling you about my experience of being black. Being raised by a single mother of 5 boys but also by my father of many wives and 3 mixed race kids. I never could actually find myself or at least I didn’t know how to. I always had diverse friends. Growing up I would visit my white friend house almost every weekend and they taught me how to present myself as a intelligent young man I am today. When I left they’re house I would go back home to this dysfunctional home I would be taunted with words from my older siblings with words like “ did you have fun over your white friend’s house.” or things like “did you enjoy your new family”.

I am a woman of color. I grew up in a city with 90% hispanics yet my community still has ideas that the entire world believes, white people are better. Although that was the collective thought of the city, my parents did not allow that thought to resonate in their parenting style. My parents came from El Salvador and became American citizen just before I was born. I grew up with them showing me how the world was viewed, full of race, but explaining that the concept was something my generation could push through. They believed in me and allowed me to express myself in any way. My parents understood that having multi languages and playing sports were ways of surpassing the boundary that white people have put on colored communities; so even in

Another example is one of my wrestling teammates convinced me to play football. So, I was able to participate in many new things. Also, people did not exclude you for being a part of a different group. For example, many athletes would be in the theater plays and many stage managers played sports. So with my background I have seen a community with much diversity and a community without much diversity. So I feel like I will be able to relate with many different people at Ohio State. I feel like I will be able to contribute more diversity to Ohio State. I will also be able to contribute more inclusion because I have seen how inclusion and diversity can greatly impact and improve a community. It can lead to much more effective solutions to problems and much more creative innovation. I believe I will be able to contribute a different point of view and open mind that will be able to create creative, effective solutions and innovation at Ohio

I believe that I will contribute to the diversity of the University of Maryland because I am a hardworking, social, and integrated Hispanic-American. Both of my parents immigrated to the United States spending all of their life’s savings. Though they came from different parts of the world -my father from Spain and my mother from El Salvador- they met through work and had three kids including me.

The diversity that I feel I can bring to my medical school class is my ability to adapt to change. Because of my parent’s careers, my family has moved a lot. Each time I had to learn to adjust to a new school, make new friends and adjust to difference customs. Because of this experience I have learn to face new challenges and new situations open minded. I have learned that change or differences in places or people are not necessarily bad. In fact change teaches us how to adapt and helps us become more resilient. It forces us to revisit our beliefs and helps us understand our own capacity for growth and learning. It challenges us and teaches us how to face difficult situations and it fosters creativity, new knowledge and new skills. I realize

When I started this assignment, I was puzzled; Am I Chinese or am I Australian. I asked my Asian friends about their racial identity in hopes they could help me, but they didn’t know. It’s almost crazy to say that I didn’t know my own identity. I was born in Australia and both of my parents are of Chinese heritage. And after some intense and informative Google searches, I can now tell you that I am Chinese-Australian. My first language spoken was Cantonese and later I learnt English. But despite the fact that I was born and have lived in Australia my whole life; I have felt the immense pressure of just being a ‘nobody’ in society.

As a kid, it was not uncommon for the neighborhood children to migrate to my house during the summer. Activities constantly involved king or queen of the treehouse, go-kart rides, hide-and-go-seek in the woods, eight ball on the pool-table, horseback rides, clay fights in the fishpond, and drinking mother's one-of-a-kind sweet tea. My mother was constantly introduced to new kids each week. Therefore, I didn't understand my mother's reaction to my new friends as I was showing them the same hospitality I have shown all my friends. Her tone became stern as she glared at me and said, "I told you no visitors today. Your room is a mess and you are behind on your chores." Sifting through my memories for recollection and coming

Transitioning from a private middle school to a public high school, I was exposed to so much more culture and diversity among whom I am surrounded by. I grew up being taught that I should be accepting of everyone of all races, genders, and sexualities. One of my favorite things is hearing others’ life stories that show how they were molded into the person that they are today. I can bring diversity to NC State through my open-mindedness and life experiences. I have had the opportunity to do mission work all throughout the US and its territories. My travels to Puerto Rico to help the community of Arecibo taught me much more than I was expecting. I was disappointed at first that my group was to clean a church, but seeing how grateful the church

Growing up in partiality gave me in interest in working with human beings from all walks of life. Finding that all people resemble one another no matter their physical or spiritual traits motivated me to do my utmost for those that hold themselves back from their dreams

Time to time I was able to demonstrate my skills by working with various communities, vulnerable population in New York City. It has shaped my values and how I view the world for others. Along with that, my traditional ethnic background with a combination of American life experience from the working, class perspective allows me to understand the impact of policy creation can have on others from people of all spectrum's.

Diversity—the differences of, but not limited to, gender, race, religion, ethnicity, age, and experience—is the crucial key for a creative community. In the wide diverse community, the differences in the background and origin enrich the culture and the vision of this community. Diversity is one of the most interesting perspectives in the Academia and Science, for instance, about 30% of the American Nobel Prize laureates were not born in USA†. It is intriguing to know that it is the building block of the UCSD vision to achieve its stunning missions in community serving. The diversity I have attained during my life and career journey in three different continents will help me to merge in the USCD diverse community.