Cultural Diversity In America

The United States of America is a collection of cultures living together. The success of this country depends on making the best use of people’s unique talents and abilities. Sometimes people who are different, find it hard to be respected in America. Every day young people are faced with various types of diversity issues. It is time for America’s youth to embrace cultural cooperation. Who can be the driving force to encourage America’s youth to work towards improving cultural cooperation? Graphic designers have the power to work together and sell teens the idea of developing deeper relationships with each other.

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CULTURE AND DIVERSITY IN AMERICA

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One online website defines it as “the cultural variety and cultural differences that exist in the world, a society, or an institution “and “the inclusion of diverse people in a group or organization” (Dictionary.com 2015). Changes in population diversity can present challenges and opportunities. Author Katherine Phillips, Professor of Leadership and Ethics and senior vice dean at Columbia Business School, points out that “even the mention of the word “diversity” can lead to anxiety and conflict” (Phillips 2014). Based on her research she concludes that social diversity can cause communication problems, conflict and lack of trust. She argues that diversity within a group can help to improve creativity and solve problems (Phillips 2014). A community is said to be culturally diverse if its residents include members of different groups. Kimberly Amadeo, an expert on the US Economy writes about the importance of cultural diversity in an article for the website About News. She believes it is important for a group like the United States of America to be diverse because it can make the people stronger socially and economically (Amadeo,

The foundation of graphic design is built on the idea that when buyers see an item or a picture, they are more engaged than they would be with words. According to a popular graphic design website “there are no less than 100,000 professionals out there trying to figure out what appeals to you at this very moment” (GraphicDesign.com). Author and critic Deyan Sujic explains the evolution of the designer in his book, The Language of Things. He details the links between the designer and consumer behavior occurring as early as the 18th century. (Sujic p 17). He refers to the time after the First World War when designers “offered a slicker and smoother version of what design could be and how they could make any product desirable to consumers”. He goes on to say that the main idea at the time was that design was a public service (Sujic p18). He believes that today graphic designers are storytellers and celebrity designers can make the ordinary extraordinary by attaching their name to the brand. (Sujic p 21). Most designers agree that their jobs are important. Researcher and designer Andy Polaine makes some interesting observations on his website. He says “it’s irrelevant whether or not we are designers, simply that we all have a duty to our fellow man and the planet as human beings” (Polaine, 2009). He argues that the images created by designers are the first thing consumers see