How does one celebrate diversity?

Question

This question is not intended to offend, I honestly do not see the wisdom in the statement, "celebrate diversity". I would like to know how and why it is done. What positive fruit does this practice show? And shouldn't we celebrate commonality?

Answer 1

Diversity should be celebrated most definately. Common ground to me means that we can find something to base our conversation, relationship etc etc on. For example if we talk about the weather you could say it is a miserable wet day and I could say it's good it's raining because the farm needs it. Now the commonality here is the weather but the diversity in our aspects of the weather is different which equals a diverse undserstanding of something that is a common topic that we are discussing. We all are not the same and if we were wouldn't it be a boring world. Celebrate diversity because that is apart of us.

Answer 2

How would you celebrate commonality? If you think about it, the whole concept of "normal" doesn't exist. It's a myth. There is no normal. If you look around you'll see that people come in all different shapes and sizes. You have tall, short, wide, thin, blonde, brunette, bald, long hair, short hair, facial hair, curly hair, straight hair. Take a look in the mirror, what you look like is normal for you. What you feel inside is normal for you. Then look at all those you pass on the street, at work, at school. Try to find one who thinks, acts, and looks just like you, the "normal" one. You won't be able to find anyone, unless you're an identical twin and even then there are differences. That's the whole point of celebrating diversity. It gives each of us worth as a human, as it should be, as Jesus tried to drill into the our heads. Too often politicians, religious leaders, even sports coaches, will create an enemy to mobilize their group into action. That's called promoting an agenda, manipulation if you will, a means to an end where one group 'wins' something fleetingly tangible. If you celebrate diversity as opposed to fighting it, mistrusting it, and so on, alot of the unnecessary conflicts, the genocides, the wars, the evil in the world would not happen.

Okay, pie in the sky answer, but that's my story and I'm sticking to it.

Answer 3

The issue is that you're already in a diverse culture - if nothing how about celebrate the origins of the verbal language, the written language, the written Numbers you're using - or the origins of what you eat?

Some cultures are MORE diverse than others, but as English speakers (full of Greek, Latin, Germanic, French & some Scandanivial), using Arabic numbers, I prefer to look at the historical origins of my own culture so I can recognise & celebrate it.

It might help you to see that other cultures are not so different as yours & so reduce the disconfort people have with the unknown.

Answer 4

Celebrating diversity is certainly a worty concept, but don't be naive and think that it doesn't come with certain challenges. Celebrating diversity isn't only respecting a person regardless of the colour of their skin, it goes deeper than that. It means that you should respect some one who is a Republican even though you're a Democrat and vice versa. It means repecting Muslims even though you're Jewish or Christian. Sometimes you'll have conversations with people who are of different backgrounds or ideals which you may not agree with. The answer is to simply agree to disagree instead of viewing those people as a "personal affront" to yourself. The things that make us different are also the same things that political parties, religious leaders and others use to divide us. The trick is to accept those differences for what they are and accept the people who have those differences as well.

Answer 5

It means that you should accept diversity...embrace it...love it...
Commonality is good, it creates bridges, but diversity is what makes us unique. Diversity means particularity, difference. This are the salt and pepper of life.
Why do we want to visit the Orient, for example, or Africa? Because their are different, diverse etc. Life would be very boring if we are all alike, if the Earth is all alike.

Answer 6

I'm not sure if you get the point and are being a jerk (which I don't THINK) or if you're thinking it's saying something it's not. The idea is that when someone is different from you, YES you still have common ground, but they shouldn't have to conform to you completely to be accepted. Like, with religions, there's definitely common ground in all the religious views, but everyone shouldn't have to convert to one big religion for people to get along.

Answer 7

Celebrating diversity provides others with new opportunities. Being able to see different views and new things to enjoy. From something so simple as different foods you've never tried or even heard of, to learning new skills, hearing new stories, diversity adds to variety and as they say variety is the spice of life.

Answer 8

Appreciate the difference of our community and all its; members at face value with labelling or stereotyping a 'queer' person just because of what they do with their genitalia or what genitalia they were born with...

Celebrate the strength, courage and resiliance of gay, lesbian, and transgender people for the struggles they have SURVIVED in the face of discrimination threats of homophobic abuse and ignorance.

****Diversity is NOT about offering empty, superficial TOKENISTIC gestures like trying 'new' food as Indy T below me suggests.