What do you think about language diversity? Language diversity is an important topic for all South Africans to consider since we have 11 official languages. This means that we are challenged when it comes to being able to communicate with one another. This challenge presents itself in various forms‚ from the workplace to people’s daily lives and personal outlooks surrounding different cultures. Language diversity also influences important issues such as education‚ Government and adoption. Adoption
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from individuals who also see the diversity barrier as a problem and ask them to educate me on why this is a problem and how can we as individuals do our part. Being from a city like Los Angeles‚ where we can find an exhausting amount of different cultures‚ we would expect to have many different faces in multiple professions. Instead we see the minimal. I attended a conference at the UC Irvine School of Medicine that really opened my eyes to the problems of diversity in medicine. This is a conference
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just focus on the bad ones. Diversity is everywhere‚ and it is constantly looked down on. The prejudices and stereotypes that come with it make that obvious‚ but when you think about it‚ diversity is something to celebrate about. If diversity didn’t exist in the world‚ then every part of life would be boring. Diversity is often misunderstood as a negative thing‚ but in reality‚ it is positive. Diversity should be looked upon as a positive thing‚ because without diversity‚ this life would be placid
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Why ask yourself what is diversity? Or What is culture? Diversity and culture are two words in which that even if the definition is not understood or known‚ these two words are all around us‚ and we are very much involved in each daily. Diversity is nothing more than differences among all humans. According to "Luther College" (2014) diversity describes the similarities and differences that people have. Diversity has territorial differences and similarities in their thoughts and identities among different
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Diversity 2 Abstract In this paper I am going to talk about the importance of diversity in my workplace. I work in the banking industry and diversity is important because on a daily basis I deal with not only other employees‚ but a large client base of diverse people. Diversity 3 In this time in age diversity is an important issue in the workplace. Employers are constantly doing their part to ensure everyone is covered and nobody feels discrimination. Some workplaces
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Coming to America from my native born country of Afghanistan was definitely a change to get a grasp of. Growing up here‚ diversity is very common. I believe United States is definitely a melting pot. We have people from all over the world settle here to create a better life. Growing up in the city of Saint Louis‚ I would say that diversity was a very common thing. I lived in a street where their were elderly American folks‚ African -Americans‚ Mexicans‚ and Bosnians. I was exposed to a diverse group
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Diversity has many faces that range from gender‚ culture‚ ethnicity‚ race‚ economic status‚ physical abilities‚ and many more‚ and this can be a problem that can affect many people who are employed or looking for employment in society because they are being judged or discriminated against for their differences. But if business took the time to understand the importance of differences in people so many doors could open for the employers and employees. Allowing diversity in the workplace could increase
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Religion in the United States is represented by a diversity of religious beliefs and practices. We also have immigrants coming to the United States who bring over different beliefs of their own‚ these immigrants who bring over these beliefs can spread it by sharing them with others‚ these beliefs become a legitimate religion‚ with celebrations which can even becomes holidays. For example‚ the Christian religion has Christmas. In Colonial time‚ this began with many native beliefs. Roman Catholics
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paradigm for managing diversity‚ written by David A. Thomas and Robin J. Ely‚ demonstrates the various types of diversity management‚ the ways in which they work‚ and how they can possibly have an adverse affect on companies. As stated in this article: Our goal is to help business leaders see what their own approach to diversity currently is and how it may already have influenced their companies’ diversity efforts. Managers can learn to asses whether they need to change their diversity initiatives and
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seeking a better life for themselves and their children. Even though‚ it seems demographically that the United State is a diverse nation‚ the fact on the ground does not support that. Thus‚ I agree with the statement that most Americans does not care diversity; rather‚ most people prefer to be surrounded by people whom they feel comfortable with. People make strenuous effort to group themselves with people who are basically like them. Most of the neighborhoods are segregated with people who have the
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