Diversity_Advantages & Challenges - MScoville.doc Diversity: Advantages and Challenges ETH/120 Diversity: Advantages and Challenges How can individuals be so close-minded? Why do people feel the need to diminish ind
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Diversity_Advantages & Challenges - MScoville.doc Diversity: Advantages and Challenges ETH/120 Diversity: Advantages and Challenges How can individuals be so close-minded? Why do people feel the need to diminish individuality and embrace the differences of each person? Diversity should be welcomed. As adults, we can experience egocentrism. For example, some people believe that their political or religious beliefs are universal. They think everyone should feel or believe the same as them. To overcome this, it's essential to be unbiased and have an open mind, allowing everyone to express their own views. If we can think fairmindedly, being open to the beliefs and the many different cultures that our world is built from, that can create unity, acceptance, and equality. Diversity in the United States: Personal Experience My racial group is classified as White, non-Hispanic, which makes up 60.3 percent of the population, and my ancestry, or ethnic group, is primarily made-up of Irish and English descent. Studies have shown that different races, ethnicities, and nationalities have different stereotypes. Have I experienced a positive or negative stereotype? I live in a small town on the coast of Maine. Small towns, primarily made up of the White racial group can be stereotyped as uneducated about the different cultures and unable to understand other groups of people. My town, my primarily œWhite State, can be seen as racist based on the lack of diversity within the state or towns. Is this fair to assume? I was raised to tre. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . .. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . .
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