What Does Diversity Mean To You

Diversity will enhance life as it teaches you to live with different types of people and teaches you how to get along with different types of people. In a diverse community we learn to build relationships with different people and groups. Diversity can enhance our life as we can see how people who haven’t got what we have, have to live and how what we have, we should be proud of and appreciative.

This paper is going to cover my personal reflection of what diversity means to me. I will discuss the messages I learned as a child about various minorities and majorities, and how my views have changed since then. I will also describe a situation in which diversity directly influenced my life. This paper will also include reflections of the common read novel The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates. I will detail how the main characters experienced diversity. I will give examples of how diversity changed their lives and which person I personally related to the most.

Diversity can be found anywhere and can always teach you something if you keep an open mind. I grew up relatively unaware of how different the world could be from my own life, but when I went to high school it was a wake up call for me. Diverse viewpoints and backgrounds can lead to the most amazing achievements and working together is the only way to get there.

For me, the word “diversity” means a lot of things. First, “diversity” is the acknowledgement that every being, human and not, are not the same. Second, it is the realization that because of intersectionality people that are collectively apart of one group can be different than other members. Third, diversity is demolishment of all binaries. Fourth, diversity is the acceptance of those that are different than you and people you associate with. In conclusion, diversity is a lot and because of this is essential to most, if not all, aspects of life.

I feel that everyone needs to understand diversity because it is part of life. Everywhere you go you meet someone with a diverse background. We understanding diversity involve recognizing and appreciating different cultures. Some people may be treating or just don’t want to anything about another ethnicity or that it can be similar to theirs. Diversity helps us to encourage and cooperate with others in every positive aspect. With that being said we need to understand diversity because it’s part of our

Diversity, the first thought that pop into people’s minds is a different race or ethnicity. Being Asian, a minority, defines being diverse. Although I look different than the majority, I have more to offer than just the difference in my appearance. My personal experience allows myself to enrich the diverse and inclusive community at CU Boulder.

During the course of volunteering with various service organizations, I have been fortunate to observe diversity illustrated on several occasions. The majority of these service organizations assisted minority families, which afforded me the opportunity to observe and interact with several diverse cultures and try to understand the circumstances that befell them. These observations allowed me to reflect on my interpretation of diversity and thus define it for myself. Diversity for me means more than just the recognition of one’s uniqueness and our recognition of that uniqueness. It means treating everyone with respect and having the patience to understand the differences contained within each individual. These differences may be along racial, ethnic, gender, religious or cultural lines, to name a few, but they are differences nonetheless.

This quote means to me that a person’s character is measured not only when they are in a state of success, but more so when they face adversity. Everyone has their personal strengths and weaknesses, but one’s character can’t be solely based on their attitude and disposition during the easier times in their life. Although people may not be in the best state of mind during times that they are struggling, that is when they can demonstrate skills to fight for themselves and make the best out of the situation.

My ideas, morals and education are an accumulation of qualities that I have obtained through my interactions with diverse people. Like picking ripe fruit on display in the supermarket, I have benefitted from the ripe perspectives of a these individuals. Differences have changed my perspectives, thoughts and decisions. Because I value the differences of others, I will enrich the diverse learning environment at the UA COM-Phoenix.

Diversity is and has always been extremely important to me personally and professionally. I have chosen to live in locations specifically that celebrate diversity and honor the differences of others. I am from a diverse upbringing and background so it is important that I surround myself with people who can help me grow and learn. Even in my travels and living abroad I have chosen places that were different than I am from so I could continue my lifelong learning. When working with others I believe a great first step is finding a common ground to begin from. Everyone brings a significant uniqueness to the table and it is imperative to have a mutual understanding and respect for each other especially when people often come from different perspectives

I grew up with a very strange variety of people. It was normal for me to have various teenagers and young adults living across the hall from me. There were people that family saw were in need and worthy of our help. Whether it was the son of a customer who was abandoned by his father and disowned by his mentally ill mother, or a teenager from Belgium who had no one to stay with while in the United States, we brought them into our home and made them part of our family until they were back on their feet. My parents’ generosity completely changed the lives of the people we helped, while some of them also changed ours. Many became very close to me and were basically my siblings. This completely shaped my personality, values, and interests that I continue to have to this day. I am now very passionate about humanitarian aid. My childhood caused my interest in volunteering, while also changing my perspective of people and changing my perspective of the world.

1. There are a number of different methods of teaching employees about the value of diversity. Elmore (1997) suggests that we undertake activities that cause us to evaluate ourselves both as individuals and as members of a group. Additionally, exercises that highlight the negativity that stereotyping and discrimination brings can be valuable. Elmore also suggests that we examine both the similarities and differences in people. Workshops can help because they encourage interaction on a human level, so that some of these lessons need not be overtly explained until the end. This strategy will allow for growth and learning both during the exercise and afterwards as well.

“The workplace encourages workers to respect diversity through codes of conduct and diversity related policies (e.g. equal employment opportunity), providing learning opportunities relate to culture” (Harris, R., 2016, p.30).

Diversity is a practice of acknowledging, understanding, accepting, and valuing people’s differences. There is respect for people’s age, class, ethnicity, gender, physical and mental abilities, race, sexual orientation, and spiritual practices. This definition goes alongside with Saint Leo’s core value of respect where the animated spirit of Jesus Christ should be valued by all individuals’ unique talents, while respecting the dignity and striving to commit to excellence in one’s work (Okoro & Washington, 2012). Unfortunately, diversity is not properly applied in most organizations. There are various issues that are considered important to manage the increasing differences in the population of organizations. Companies need to focus on diversity and look for the ways to help it to be more productive. If companies apply St. Leo’s core value, then the organization would be strengthened by the unity of their people and free exchange of ideas, learning, and working harmoniously. This paper aims to explain the current situation of the diversity in the workplace in the United States. The facts coming from the United States’ Department of Labor will be analyzed and appropriately explained to provide recommendations on how to properly enforce diversity in the workplace.

At the beginning of the semester, we completed our brown bag assignment by including important things relating to our lives. After learning what diversity, culture, and the “-isms” of education really are, I have realized that people, who looked most different from me, have turned out to be the most similar to me. The “-isms” of education include racism, classism, gender and sexism, heterosexism and GLBTQI, disability and ableism, religious diversity, and linguistic diversity.