The three friend I talked to all defined culture in a different way. One friend said that it was that hers "was a product of her environment." This included the language that they have acquired, the way that they act and being classed and identified in a certain way. They said that diversity is different types of people and different races and cultures who have different ways of doing things, sometimes they are in groups and sometimes they are alone.
The aspects that were included were the belief that culture is a way of life that as been adapted and that people pick up different behavior and attitudes through their culture. One friend says that a "racist learned racism from the society that they grow up in and the group that they are surrounded by." Another say that a person may change their language according to the people they are with, they may start cussing if they are around people that cuss a lot, they may start calling people names if they are surrounded by or so-called hanging with someone who is doing that. A person may change they way of dressing if they join a certain group of people. If they have friend that dress trashy they may start to dress trashy.
Their thinking and comments made me realized that a lot of what they saying was true and that I have never really thought of it like this before. My friends gave me a lot of ideas and food for thought and made me realize that we are all from a diverse and different culture.
I completely agree with your friend who said "culture is a product of your environment". This goes hand and hand with my personal definition of culture especially after this assignment.
ReplyDeleteYou mentioned, you realized we are all from a diverse and different culture....prior to completing this assignment would you say you were blinded by diversity and culture because you were so enthralled within your own? I related to Gonzalez article when she talks about culture being unconscious and how people go through their daily activities without thinking of the "why" when doing (2008).
Gonzalez-Mena, J. (2008). Diversity in Early Care and Education (5th ed., pp. 8–13). Boston, MA: McGraw Hill.
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