Saturday, November 15, 2014

Perspectives on Diversity and Culture

I think overall, diversity is a very broad term and there are millions of different ways to classify people and their cultural background.

I have some Hispanic and other Pacific Islander (Hawaiian, Filipino) friends and family that share the same cultural guideline as Guamanian culture.

Hispanics have influenced the Guamanian culture in terms of the language as the number system is all Spanish.

Filipino's share a strong similarity with the line of respect and partying that comes with Guamanian culture. We have a strong belief in elderly respect as well as strong family ties.

Thinking about other people and their culture, I tend to find some similarities as well as some differences in comparison to my own and even other culture's that I am familiar with.

I am incredibly interested in the dynamics of culture in the Middle East.

Culture as a broad topic is incredibly diverse and there are similarities across the line for some cultures, but there are also strong differences with others and that's what makes the idea of culture and diversity as interesting as it is.
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  1. AnonymousNovember 16, 2014 at 4:14 PM

    Hi Catherine....

    I would also love to learn more about the Middle Eastern culture. I agree culture is so very broad and that we need to educate ourselves to be able educate in our society today.
    ~Brenda

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