Culture is everything we do each and every day. What we may not think is culture is considered culture. From being raised in the North I wasn't acquainted with many different cultures. Now that I've migrated to the South, I've educated myself on culture. I spoke with several different colleagues and family members over the week and they all summed culture and diversity the same definition. I composed a definition that fits each description I got this week. Culture is the way an individual lives according their families' morals and values or their own choice of living.
Diversity means a variety or an assortment.
I've learned that Culture isn't just liking something and incorporated it in your life its a life time commitment or belief. One culture and belief that I'm studying and getting familiar with his Hispanic vulture because I interact with so many Hispanic families daily. I'm also in the process of learning Spanish so for my parents that has Spanish as their primary language I will be able to interact with them by speaking Spanish to them. I think this will be amazing experience for myself as well as my families I serve daily.
We do have different definitions and perspectives on what we consider culture. Many times we label people who are from the same ethnicity that they are alike. When culturally each ethnicity can have their own different set of culture, values, customs, and beliefs. As you are probably well aware of, especially in the Hispanic culture, many of them don't like to be called another ethnicity and have a strong emotion about being called something that they are not. So I have learned to ask now so not to offend because everyone is not Mexican or Puerto Rican and they will let you know.
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