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Cultural Diversity

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Cultural Diversity

Diversity remains a recurrently applied concept across a broad scope of disciplines. Its

definition is varied depending on the tenets of a topic selected. However, cultural diversity is a

measure and collection of distribution features within different themes based on societal

practices. It is embedded in workplaces, among other populations, and entails a presentation of

diverse behaviors. A proper comprehension of the variations of different traits within groups of

people warrants a better understanding of cultural diversity.

The most standard definition of cultural diversity is the existence of differences within

populations. From a socioeconomic view, Mishra et al. (2021) note that the varied characteristics

entail various demographics, including but not limited to gender, sexual orientation, race,

ethnicity, and religion. Besides, social scientists define diversity along with significant tenets.

Cultural diversity entails appreciating and embracing the cultural dissimilarities among different

people. Further, the phrase also means empirically computing the differences within a selected

population. Through this model, scholars determine the exact needs of the target group.

Additionally, cultural diversity can be defined as an outcome, transformation, or action.

According to Gordon et al. (2021), individuals who embrace this ideology tend to include ideas

of respect, appreciation, celebration, and recognition of people from different orientations.

Diversity is also defined as a form of representation. It entails recognizing prevailing differences

and transforming thoughts and actions to eradicate marginalization. Besides, diversity is

intrinsically linked to hierarchies in groups. Also defined as conflict diversity, proponents of this

view allude that the existence of categorized structures within societies leads to power

inequalities and balance (Gordon et al., 2021). For this reason, sticking to a ratio when relating

with people from both sides is critical.

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Conclusively, cultural diversity is a broad concept. It can be defined as the differences

amongst people based on demographics, for example, race. It also means an action to embrace

and respect diverse variations of movement and transformation.

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References

Gordon, S. R., Yough, M., Finney-Miller, E. A., Mathew, S., Haken-Hughes, A., & Ariati, J.

(2021). Faculty perceptions of teaching diversity: Definitions, benefits, drawbacks, and

barriers. Current Psychology, 1-10. doi:10.1007/s12144-021-01406-2

Mishra, B., Athar, M., & Mukhtar, M. S. (2021). Transcriptional circuitry atlas of genetically

diverse unstimulated murine and human macrophages define disparity in population-wide

innate immunity. Scientific Reports, 11(1), 1-19. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-86742-w.pdf