Understanding Diversity

The objective of this paper is to examine and appreciate the ways in which culture shape the way in terms of how we view the world and form relationship. As part of this exercise, I would be interviewing someone from the cultural group outside mine to acknowledge their culture in the area of language, dress, norms roles and traditions. This paper or project is aim to assist me to put into practice what I have learnt from the course concept of Understanding Diversity. Culture is that which define us; it molds our identity and has a great influence on our behavior.

I interviewed a course mate at the school cafeteria on a face to face interview. The interview took place in a serene atmosphere where both us felt comfortable throughout the interview process. My interviewee was jittery at the initial stage especially not knowing the kind of questions that I would be asking her, but later regained her composure as the interviewing went on. I began the interview by sharing my social identity to her as a person, who is part of a minority racial group, bisexual, a Black male and growing up as a working class poor as my social-economic class. My interviewer is in her mid-twenties, who lives with her parent in an area considered to be suburban

My interviewer sees herself as always in fear of being targeted because she is a white woman, able bodied, and a White middle class young person. This distinctiveness defines her sense of belonging in her geographical world. She also identity herself as a softball player and perceived herself as committed to Boston Redsox. These identities define her personality in the community. I gathered from the interview that, language, dress, traditions and food are very important in the Italian-American culture as is part of their identity and is passed on from one generation to the