Perspectives on Diversity and Culture

              Its odd that we are having a blog assignment on this particular topic on others perspectives on culture and diversity because me and 4 of my friends were just having this discussion over dinner the beginning of the week. One of my friends that was joing me was from Egypt and the rest of us were from somewhere in the United States. My friend that is from Egypt look at culture and diversity pretty much in the same eye view as everyone else. My friend look at culture as the set of shared attitudes, values, goals, and practices that characterizes an institution or organization and she looked at diversity as different types of people (as people of different races or cultures) in a group or organization. One thing I can honestly say is that we were all very open- minded individuals and even though we may have disagreed with some of each others beliefs, morals, and values and some point we were on the same page.
        When it comes to this course thus far I have been studying being diverse, open minded, but at the same time interacting with others from different cultures that have a different aspect on their morals and beliefs from what I have and being accepting. An example that relates to the course would be my friend dining with me that is from Egypt and even though we have the same prospectives on culture and diversity her beliefs, morals, and values were a little different from mine.
           Some aspects that I feel were omitted when it comes to culture and diversity would be the acceptance if one chose to live an alternative life style or if one decided to have a child outside or marriage. I know when we where all having dinner on that topic came up my friend told me that if one was in a situation such as a child before marriage or even an alternative lifestyle one would be banded from her country.  ** Talk about proud to be an American**.
         I feel that listening to my friends interperutation of culture and diversity it made me realize that some countries actually do value their morals and beliefs not only through childhood , but also throughout their adulthood and they ensure that their family lives by their morals, belifs, and values. It made me think about how much other cherish what they believe in and its not just a faze compared to how some Americans can be and even myself.