Valuing Culture:Looking Beyond Surface Culture

Friend#1: Diversity is the differences that are known and seen in individuals that determines how we react to one another. Culture is the way that a person is taught or raised. Relative #1:Culture is the inside of a person shining through the outside. Diversity is when a society accepts differences amongst one another. Friend#2: Culture is everything the a child is taught as they grow up, on how to act, think, walk, talk, love, and dwell. Diversity is understanding and making strides to accept people who are from a differewmt race, religion and culture. The connection that I saw in the definition that !y friend and relative made to the one that I have read about is the simplest ones from the videos with Ms. Derman-Sparks where she and her counterparts. The discussions between Ms. Derman-Sparks described diversity and culture as being the way a person is taught to live Laureate Education Inc., 2011). The aspects of culture that were ommited in our conversations were those of surface culture. Even though the topic of surface culture is something that is a obvious idea of culture, it was something that I thought would come up. The only thing that was discussed about surface culture was race, no one was categorized or stereotyped. As I listened to others give their insight on diversity and culture I couldn't help bit think about how my own ideas of culture and diversity were viewed. Society is blossoming into a new way of thinking which was present in the thoughts of my peers and relatives. The views of others is going deeper than skin tone and social class. Reference Laureate Education Inc., (2011). Family culture:dynamics interaction. (video file) Retrieved from http:\\class.Walden.edu