Diversity consciousness enables individuals to be successful especially in learning environments. Unfortunately‚ many people have misconceptions of diversity. We‚ most of the time‚ tend to limit our awareness of diversity to just certain dimensions‚ such as gender‚ race‚ culture‚ religion. There are several hidden dimensions of diversity that are important to be aware of such as learning styles‚ personalities‚ personal expectations etc. In a school environment‚ having a broad range of learning styles
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Diversity can be defined in many different ways. Diversity is appreciation to the different characteristic elements. It makes individual unique atmosphere that promotes success and collective achievement. Diversity is age‚ culture‚ cognitive‚ ethnicity‚ identity‚ language‚ physical appeal‚ race‚ religious belief. A key to understand each other is to see that everyone is different. Not only people are different from me‚ but I am different from them. This distinction is important because the
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Managing Diversity No two humans are alike. People are different not only in gender‚ culture‚ race‚ social and psychological characteristics but also in their perspectives and prejudices. Society had discriminated on these aspects for centuries. Women and minority groups were denied of their due rights. But not any more. Since 1960s‚ when federal legislation prohibited employment discrimination‚ minorities and female applicants have become the fastest-growing segment in the work force. Diversity
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It may not have been James Cook’s intention to influence such great diversity when he sailed onto the Hawaiian island of Maui in 1778. In his essay The End of Race‚ Journalist Steve Olson speaks of the extreme diversity tourist encounter as soon as they arrive at a Hawaiian airport. He states‚ “Once out of the airport‚ they encounter what is probably the most genetically mixed population in the world. To the genes of Captain Cooks sailors and the native Polynesians has been added the DNA of European
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Hollywood has always had a controversial issue involving the ethnicity of minorities. In the movie industry‚ it has lack of diversity that Hollywood doesn’t want to accept. Melena Ryzi shows the truth behind movie industries in‚ “What It’s Really like to Work in Hollywood” with real life experiences from Hollywood actors. Many women and minorities are underrepresented and discriminated when trying to get into Hollywood. Some Actors fail to meet the directors expectations because they do not behave
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Osman M. Ward Writing 140/ IR 100 December 7‚ 2007 Unity and Diversity: Finding the Proper Balance Unity and diversity are both qualities to be desired within society. Both‚ when balanced with one another‚ provide for the strongest form of society in which all are unified under some ideas‚ but differences are tolerated and accepted. One of the strongest factors of determining the present status of unity and diversity is the current state of affairs within a community. The current state
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Associate Program Material Diversity Worksheet Answer each question in 50 to 150 words. Provide citations for all the sources you use. 1. What is diversity? Why is diversity valued? Diversity is the condition of having or being composed of differing elements‚ variety‚ especially the inclusion of different types of people (as people of different races or cultures) in a group or organization. (http://www.merriam-webster.com ) I think diversity is valued because it gives everyone the opportunity
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Organization Behavior The Benefits of Diversity Affirmative action has been the center of many heated debates for decades now. Affirmative action policies are used in the United States to give advantages to racial minorities in areas of education‚ employment‚ health care‚ or government funding. These "minorities" are underrepresented groups in society‚ especially when defined by race‚ ethnicity‚ or gender. Until the mid-1960’s‚ legal barriers prevented blacks and other racial minorities in
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Deloitte & Diversity Summary of Deloitte: Deloitte is one of Canada’s leading professional services firms. They provides audit‚ tax‚ consulting‚ and financial advisory services. Deloitte values diversity and takes concrete steps towards inclusion of women‚ visible minorities‚ recent immigrants‚ aboriginals‚ etc. Each year‚ they publish an annual diversity report. Deloitte was selected as a “Best Diversity Employer” in 2012 by the Mediacorps editors among the 2012 Canada’s Top 100 employers project
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I have always been one who is open to understanding about diversity‚ however‚ I have also been guilty of not understanding the differences between some of the races that looked similar‚ but was very different. Diversity is what makes the world amazing because when you interact with individuals out of your ethnic race by sharing heritage information‚ it brings us together making us aware and appreciative of each other’s differences‚ and what makes us unique. We have so much to be thankful for that
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