Cultural Diversity

I thought the lecture was really good.  I had never thought about some of the things that Denise had brought up.  I didn’t think about how cultural diversity isn’t just people from different cultures.  He pointed out that cultural diversity can also be people from different backgrounds and different home lives.  Everyone has a different story on why they are the way they are now and that is what makes us all culturally diverse.  It changed how I look at people now because all of us are considered culturally diverse from each other because we all come from different places and have been through different experiences to get to where we are today.  That makes this world seem even larger than it is considering how all of us are different/unique in some shape or form.

Cultural Diversity never really meant anything to me before when I was in high school. I come from a school that had 35 students in my graduating class from rural Iowa where everyone was the normal white student that has grown up with each other since kindergarten. Coming to college was a big experience. I have met so many people that come from different cultures and different backgrounds. It has changed me so much by just meeting so many different people from different places. It has made me appreciate more the difference in every person.

Diversity is important to our culture. We are able to grow as people by learning from others. Every one of us has grown as human beings by learning about others and learning to respect others. It has also helped us incorporate different types of other cultures to help our societies grow.  If the Europeans did not trade spice and other things with countries such as China, the foods and technology might not have grown at all or as fast as it did.  Our societies have improved by sharing resources and other materials with each other.  Our ideals have also grown as we share our beliefs and values with each other.  This is how religions and governmental ideas such as capitalism has spread around the world.  We have been able to educate ourselves on more ideals around the world by embracing the idea that we are all diverse.  We are able to mentally grow by realizing that it is important to acknowledge each other’s different values and ideas.  It has helped us grow as a country as well as we work towards foreign policies by knowing how different cultures and societies work.  It is important all around us to know all about other cultures.  It has really made a difference in our lives by how we interact with people and how we learn with others.  Diversity has become a major part in our lives.