Perspectives on Diversity and Culture

      In speaking with several people in regards to diversity and culture. There were a multitudes of descriptions on what they felt diversity and culture meant to them.  In one instance culture and diversity was described as being closely connected, being the origin of our creature.  In another instance diversity was described as being different in respect of race, sex, gender and religion.  And culture was depicted as being strongly linked to family their ways, customs and traditions.  In retrospective I feel that all these portrayals of diversity and culture represented are all elements that’s included within this course. However, I had no idea that culture and diversity encompasses some much that goes beyond theses interpretations presented above.  Some of the elements that I feel that have been omitted are dominant culture and deep culture.  Dominant culture embodies the components of culture by it dominates/controls social conventions such as collaborations, educational establishments, creative expression, law, governmental process, and business.  And deep culture which reflects attitudes/thought toward life, religion and moral and ethnically beliefs, and values in human relations.  In my study of culture and diversity I realize that there is a lot more that I have to learn that goes way beyond what I thought or believed culture and diversity to be.