How diverse is your local University? The place I decided to do my 90 minute observation was at the University of California, Riverside campus, also known as UCR. In class we discussed the Cosmopolitan Canopy, a place where people of diverse backgrounds can come together, and I thought UCR was a good representation of the Cosmopolitan Canopy. I believed there was going to be a lot of diversity occurring within the campus, not only amongst the students but also within the school faculty. Moreover, I also predicted that much like other campuses UCR would have some groups with similar demographics. I went into campus with an open mind and ready to observe how diverse people were. Based on my observations at UCR I have determined that education, …show more content…
For example, at UCR I observed a group of about 7 faculty members (4 white and 3 Asians) their ages varied from late 40’s to 60’s. I noticed that out none of them were intrigued with the idea of socializing with other people around them. They just spoke amongst themselves and they didn’t even bother to look around or smile and anyone outside of their circle. As opposed to another group of students that was sitting approximately four tables away, these students looked like they were Middle Eastern in their 20’s and there were eight of them, 5 males and 3 females. This particular group began to socialize with the group of students sitting next to them, I thought it was really nice to see them all socialize because they were talking and laughing. Lastly, the group got up to leave but instead of leaving they walked up to another table and began speaking to them too, but this time it was in their native language. This allows me to determine that age is a big factor in allowing people to be more comfortable with diversity because people who are older tend to have harsher kinds of beliefs against different cultures maybe because that was the way they were brought up. In today’s society, parents are upbringing their children differently and encouraging them that being different is not a bad …show more content…
People at work are sometimes, if not most of the time, expected to work together as a team to keep everything running correctly, and this allows them to be part of a well diverse group. For instance, at the campus there were many men working together to build a large tent of some kind. There was a lot of Mexicans working on it but there was also some African-Americans and white males, and they all helped build the tent together. Moreover, at the Panda Express inside the HUB there was an impressive amount of diverse employees. I was expecting for there to only be Latinos and Asians because that’s what I was used to seeing, but at this establishment there was a little of everything blacks, Latinx, whites, Asians , and what seemed to be bi-racial employees. Finally, there was the Red Bull girls. The girls were handing out free Red Bulls and this allowed them to communicate with many different types of ethnicities because the free product gave people an incentive to keep a brief conversation going with the
“College campuses are not dominated by widespread racial/ethnic segregation and the racial/ethnic clustering that does occur isn’t impeding intergroup contact.” (578, Hoeffner and Hoeffner). Throughout the essay, the writer continues to provide facts and sources on the information that diversity is not a problem on college campuses. She quotes evidence that states that college students are getting a “variety of positive educational outcomes that result from being educated in a diverse environment.” (578, Hoeffner and Hoeffner).
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It sometimes give “the perception of ‘token appointments’ [of individuals] who could not be hired or promoted on performance ability alone” (Von Bergen, Soper, & Foster, 2002, p. 242). It can also create more discrimination in the form of reverse discrimination where those formerly believed to be discriminators are now unfairly victimized because of the color of their skin. Diversity training can sometimes be demoralizing and reinforces stereotypes when trainers resort to emphasizing differences that elicits anger and divisiveness (Von Bergen, Soper, & Foster, 2002, p. 245). Businesses can find their legal liabilities have increased when “unorthodox training techniques invade employee privacy and humiliate individuals in front of their co-workers” (Von Bergen, Soper, & Foster, 2002). According to Choi’s research “individuals in diverse groups tend to fell less safe and to trust each other less. Lower trust is more likely to lead to higher conflicts within groups” (Choi, 2008, p.
an experience I had earlier this year in a diversity seminar that was held on my job. We had a
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When diversity is being discussed, there are a plethora of ideas that are associated with it. Whether people are talking being put on a waitlist for college, about people of color, or about representation in the media, the subject of diversity is not rare. Recently, the conversation of diversity has become more common because colleges want to demonstrate that they have diversified campus. How would diversity on campus be defined? Most importantly, diversity is more than having an extraordinary personality. Race, gender, sexuality, and social status are a few of the superfluous traits that make an individual unique in a college’s eyes. In Sophia Kerby’s article, “10 Reasons Why We Need Diversity on College Campuses”, she notes that, while there has already been an effort to diversify high schools and middle schools, accepting students of different backgrounds is not as apparent in higher education (1) . A university desires to diversify its campus in order to benefit the students that are attending the college. Students are not only likely to improve
Merriam-Webster defines diversity as “the condition of having or being composed of differing elements; especially the inclusion of different types of people (as people of different races or cultures) in a group or organization” (Merriam-Webster, 2016). With diversity including many different elements, the concept of workplace diversity also covers a broad spectrum of topics, and continues to evolve as many companies look to expand globally. This subject has become increasingly important among managers over the last couple of decades, and has helped to reinforce other concepts such as affirmative action and equal opportunity employment. While most people believe that everyone should have the same opportunities available to them, and that we
This source will equip the argument for utilizing diversity as an educational apparatus that supports student development and learning. The showcase of the impact of diverse student engagement will definitely be useful for providing a strong reasoning for showcasing how the experience of students in the US schooling system shapes the educational experiences of diversified student groups. Dixson, A., & Rousseau, C. (2005). And we are still not saved: critical race theory in education ten years later.... ...
Diversity is a highly important issue in today’s business, especially in a globalized company. Workplace diversity helps to get better solutions to business problems (Schawbel, 2012). When you have a group of individ...
...e backgrounds, to do business or work together. If, by any chance, this people do not understand each other in terms of cultural backgrounds, the company is at a risk of underperforming. Among other factors, a company’s exceptional performance depends on a favorable relationship among the employees. People from diverse backgrounds often crush on each other at the work place because the frequency of misunderstanding each other is very high. This owes much on prejudice and stereotypes which people hold on those from different backgrounds. It is in such scenarios that the importance of diversity training cannot be underscored. This is due to the fact that diversity training aim at ironing out all the differences emanating from diverse backgrounds and help in establishing impeccable cohesion among all the stakeholders in an organization (Bezrukova, Jehn and Spell 218).
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Diversity within a company will benefit the company’s bottom line and help the company to keep the competitive edge (McCuiston, et. al., 2004). Improving the bottom line can be also be improved by retaining employees and improving customer service (McCuiston, et. al., 2004). So utilizing a diverse work group is very rewarding for the companies who implemented it correctly. The profitability that the company will see may not be seen on the front end, but the long term results will yield a better profit for the company by helping to reduce turnover rates, improving employee morale, and the recruitment of new
Diversity and Inclusion are important to the University of Toledo’s campus because they don’t just serve to one ethnicity, they serve to many. Many different kinds of cultures come to UT to give themselves an education and to better themselves. Here at the University, they want everyone to get along with each other, since it’ll make coming to school more exciting
Now that we have explored my past, present, and future experiences with diversity, it is time to see how they are present within and effect each other. Firstly, let’s look into how my future is present in my past. The most obvious portion of my future that is in my past is my willingness and efforts to love and include everyone and to spread this world view. It took a fellow classmate of mine to demonstrate to my third grade self that we are all human beings and we all deserve to be treated as such. In my future, I aspire to demonstrate this world view to my students and inspire them to treat each other accordingly. This aspiration directly reflects my world view struggles I went through in third grade, for I want to help my students come to