Diversity Worksheet Research Paper

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Diversity Worksheet

Answer each question in 50 to 150 words. Provide citations for all the sources you use.

What is diversity? Why is diversity valued?

Diversity is differences, unlikeness. Diversity is valued for its ability to reach a broader range of people. Since diversity includes people from different cultures, races or backgrounds it can be used to add perspective and depth to a project that without diversity it would be harder to reach these sectors and people in them.

What is ethnocentrism? In what ways can ethnocentrism be detrimental to a society?

Ethnocentrism is the belief that ones ethnic group or culture is superior. Ethnocentrism is detrimental to a society because it causes dissension…show more content…
People are identified by color, race, religion, sexual orientation, sex, creed, region, associations, ethnicity, finance, economical, political, looks, body type, occupation, stereotype, birth order, personality, astrological sign, pets, hobbies, vehicles, hair color, eye color, clothing, hangouts, background (ie. People with an arrest record), interests, age, music listened to and movies watched to name a few.

Why do people label and group other people?

People label and group other people to stereotype, to differentiate, to justify prejudice, to bully, to belittle, to commiserate with, to bond with, to pick on,to humiliate, to inflate ones own ego or sense of self-worth, to make less than human and to make invisible this is far from a complete list I have only named a few.

Define culture. Is culture limited to racial and ethnic backgrounds? Explain.

Culture is the way different groups of people act, view the world, hold traditions, religious beliefs, basically who they are and where they come from. No. It is in part racial and ethincal, but it is also where you are from, who raised you and how they raised you this is only a partial list of