What is culture?
Person #1: Where you come from.
Person #2: Is your background.
Person #3: The place where you received your upbringing, the things that you do.
What is diversity?
Person #1: Different races.
Person #2: A place or group of people with different ethnic backgrounds.
Person #3: People that may be of the same group but have different ideals.
In reflecting on our reading culture does include ethnicity, reflects on the palce of origin and cultural background of the person’s ancestors (Derman – Sparks, p.56, 2010).
What has been omitted regarding culture the responses appear to be only surface culture and not deep culture. In regards to diversity it appears that they only view diversity as different ethnic backgrounds. From our readings diversity also includes how we conduct ourselves, sleeping arrangements in the home etc.
After hearing what others thought about diversity and culture I felt obligated to discuss with them what culture and diversity includes. In my discussion with the three individuals they really thought their definitions that they had given were solid answers.
Reference
Derman-Sparks, L., & Edwards, J. O. (2010). Anti-bias education for young children and ourselves. Washington, DC: National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC).
Carmen, I liked that you mentioned the idea of "deep" culture being omitted from the responses you received. I too found that many people I have spoken to regarding their definitions of culture and diversity are in fact narrowed solely to race or where you come from. But culture is much more than that. Culture is really made up of the little things that we do, say, hear, see, and believe day in and day out.
ReplyDeleteCaitlin