Johnny
Johnny
Johnny
1
kkksimjakjkkkjjjjskk
mhjgee
1
kkk
1
kkjkkkmk
1
5
Cultural diversity
How can we
Why cultural
preserve
diversity
cultural
matters
diversity?
2
WHY
C U LT U R A L
DIVERSITY
M AT T E R S
3
Let’s define culture.
Culture is our ‘way of
being’
Common language,
beliefs, principles, etc
are part of culture
4
What does it mean to be ‘culturally diverse’?
of the abundant for the the validity of what other the contribution people to rather than just
diversity of differences different cultural cultures offer of diverse strengthen tolerating the
cultures expressions groups themselves and difference
others
5
1. Diversity prepares
students for future career
success.
• The workforce is more diverse now than
any time in history.
6
2. Diversity prepares
students to work in a global
society.
• No matter what profession you enter, you
will find yourself working with people
from diverse backgrounds-worldwide.
7
3. Interactions with people
different from ourselves
increases our knowledge
base.
• Research shows that we learn more from
people that are different for us, rather
than we do from people who are similar
to us.
8
4. Diversity makes us better
at solving problems.
9
5. Diversity promotes
creative thinking.
• Diversity expands your capacity for
viewing issues from multiple perspectives.
10
6. Diversity enhances self-
awareness.
• Learning from people whose backgrounds
differ from your own sharpens your self
knowledge by allowing you to compare
and contrast.
11
How do we preserve
cultural diversity?
12
Embracing diversity starts with
self-awareness
• Cultural messages are deeply ingrained in us, and affects our actions and
thoughts.
• People with weaker self-awareness are prone to fall into common stereotypes.
• This way, people will be proud of their culture and want to learn more of it.
• Recognizing the importance of unique cultures will make families eager to pass
those cultural differences to their future generations.
14
Identify and Overcome your
biases and prejudices.
• Our nature is to surround ourselves with people from the same background,
and we have a deep need to feel included.
• Society has also ingrained some racial and cultural biases inside us.
• Exposing ourselves to other culture will let us identify our own bias early on
and work on overcoming it to become a more open-minded person.
15
CONCLUSION
16