Diversity
December 22nd, 2007
December 22nd, 2007
(7 Votes)
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Today I want to talk about diversity. In the last 6 years I had the chance to experience it first hand. A trend that I’ve been noticing lately happening around me, is that people take diversity for granted or do not really understand it. For many people diversity lies in the color of the skin, speech, culture or in names of exotic countries they’ve never heard of.
There’s more in embracing diversity than accepting one’s skin color, culture or speech. It’s also about being open to different ideas and ways of thinking. I believe diversity lies in thought, in the way people come up with their ideas, in the way they express themselves, in accepting the fact that no two people are alike.
Sadly, people fear what they can’t understand and most people fear diversity. I see this everywhere around me, people labeling one another, labeling countries and cultures, labeling ways of thought, rejecting unconventional thinking, fearing the unknown instead of embracing it. To emphasize this, below is a video that I strongly relate to this post.
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I think that “The only thing we need to fear is fear itself.” (Franklin D. Roosevelt).
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12 Responses to “
Diversity ”
I know … I absolutely hate this narrow minded thinking. People judging you for the choices you make, your attitude, your appearance, your thinking. “What we know is best!” attitude. Puah!
PS: If you cannot see the video, it’s because of Internet Explorer. Right click on the post title and select “Open in a new window/tab”.
Obviously my sister knows nothing about her children. Not mentioning diversity.
ilinca says:
January 5th, 2008 at 16:56
January 5th, 2008 at 16:56
what a great video!
but i do believe it is not fear of diversity that makes us put labels..but it`s lack of REAL communication and acknowledging, as you said, that “no two people are alike”..
nice blog. i`ll keep an eye on it from now on.
Hey Ilinca :). A nice surprise. I’m glad you liked it. I think it’s also fear … experienced it myself.
It is not necessarily fear of diversity. The problem is resistance to change! We all have it and it is also related to the way in which we interact with people….diversity
Hey Marius :). Agree … but isn’t resistance to change consistent with fear of the new? Yeah, it has also social interaction aspects.
Diversity is the the best thing which ever happend to this World next to Love. It gave Life the chance to create something wonderful, the chance to put together o piece of what we see today. Diversity is in all of us. We all think diffrent, we all feel diffrent things in relation to sometimes the same things, we speak and have diffrent ideas. WE ARE DIVERSITY … so make sure you treat the world with kindness and understanding because that is all you need to give in order to receive back all the love you can get.
Respect Diversity and the world will respect you and love you back. :)
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December 24th, 2007 at 20:21
Sad, but true.