Perspectives on Diversity and Culture

The three people that I talked to about culture and diversity were my mom, my cousin, and my college roommate. When I asked my cousin what her definition of culture was she responded that culture was the different beliefs that people have about certain things like, religion, gender roles, and marriage. When I asked my cousin how she would define diversity she responded that diversity is something that makes everyone different from one another. The second person that I talked to about culture and diversity was my college roommate she responded that culture is about family, beliefs that are important to your family, and being there for one another. In terms of diversity my roommate responded that diversity is a different understanding then others about what is important to them. The third person that I asked was my co-worker, whose response to what they believed to be the definition of culture to be beliefs that families or people hold dear to them, traditions that they pass down from generation to generation. My co-workers definition of diversity is people who are come from different cultures, and have different prospectives on life.