My Place: The Place For Diversity Multimedia Analy

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An understanding of both the visible and the hidden dimensions of diversity increases tolerance and understanding of the differences in each of us. Diversity brings distinctiveness to individuals and makes us interesting, but if we base our opinion on the visual and not the hidden also, then we are being judgmental of others. The visual characteristics only encompasses part of our who we are, which unfortunately forms the basis of many of our values. Understanding the hidden dimensions of diversity with the visual dimensions allows us to enrich ourselves by eliminating ignorance and gaining different perspectives on others diversity. By seeing many sides of other cultures, we are well informed, and can make rational assessments regarding others. A lot of diversity is visual and obvious, while another type is hidden. Many of people's diverse characteristics are not seen but only understood by talking and getting to know the person. For instance, Jenna, (profiled in; ‘My Place: The Place for Diversity’), would have been judged based on her visual characteristics. If my adult son would have brought her home to meet my family, they would have judged her based upon her visual characteristics. An automatic opinion about her would have been formed because she has multiple piercings and tattoos and she would have looked at as a rebel and not have allowed to have contact with other children in my family. Now if my family previously knew about her hidden characteristics, her degree in English and pursuing her Masters in Communication, she would have been looked at and treated differently. Another part of character of diversity is that people's lives are formed by all the events they've gone through from the day they were born and into adulthood. Some people may have suffered from different types of abuse, and have had traumatic emotional events in their lives;

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