Perspectives on Diversity and Culture

Since taking this course I have learned that diversity is very broad. It not only deals with culture and race. The week I had a conversation with one of my coworkers who is from Japan, and she was showing me how to write in Japanese. It was so interesting because I learned that their sentences are straight lines going down, and they read from right to left. I would write something in English and she would write the same sentence but in Japanese. It was very interesting, and different. What was confusing to me was natural to her. She said growing up they taught them to do Japanese and English reading and writing. It wasn’t confusing to them at all.

Another one of my coworkers is a seven day Adventist and her day has to end early on Friday. She has to be home early, and have the house cleaned and food cooked before sundown so she can go into worship. With her religion Friday after sunset you have to be with your family not interruptions and fellowship amongst each other. Then on Saturday they go to church appose to Sundays like many. They still worship god and have a bible, but they just believe their Sabbath day is Saturday not Sunday.

I have a sister that lives in Georgia and she is practicing Buddhism. One of her friends started to attend the meeting and shared her information with my sister, and it sounded interesting to her. With Buddhism it teaches you different chants for you to recite to help you change your mood. They feel that praying does not help you its your internal self that will help you get through things. Instead of them praying they chant; chanting helps to calm the spirit and soul.

It is always interesting to me to speak with others to see how they live their lives. It is so many religions and cultures that is what makes us all so different and unique. This week I learned that people I work with day to day we can learn so much from each other, and this will help us to have a better understanding of the world around us. Just having conversation about diverstiy, can give you so much insight on someones life. There was so much more we could have covered realting to diversity.