Diversity

Diversity is a huge part of everyday life, especially on such a large campus like Ohio State. It is also plays a large role in workplace interactions which is important for our futures. Diversity places a big part in everyones everyday life, but it is something that not a lot of people will always acknowledge. Some aspects of diversity people avoid talking about because they’re afraid of making other people uncomfortable.

Earlier today I went to a seminar that taught me a lot about diversity. There are many different aspects that make up diversity and it can be through of differently by each and every person. With such a big campus there are a lot of different people here who are all unique. Keeping an open mind when meeting new people is very important to make sure everyone feels included. The speaker mentioned a lot of different things that people may identify with; things like gender, race, religion and ideas like such. In todays era, these things are sometimes hard to talk about because you don’t want to offend anyone. However, one of the main ideas of this seminar was that it’s good to talk about these things and recognize them.

Acknowledging that everyone is different and comes from different places, with different ideas is really important. Everyones differences is what makes this world extremely unique. If everyone were the same there would be no new ideas or no creativity. The seminar was very thoughtful and a lot of times the instructor promoted us to think about some questions. It made me think about how many other perspectives there are out there in the world and how easy it is to only consider your own view. It even made me think about aspects of identity that I haven’t thought about before, like being able bodied. It is often easy for people to only focus on their own perspective which can give a blind side to other ideas.

There are many ways on campus to get involved with diversity and learn more about identity. The multicultural center has lots of events, like the one I attended, and more that cover lots of different topics. For different months there are different topics the multicultural center will hold events on. I would like to attend more events myself to be able to learn more about different peoples identities. There are also lots of events in the residence halls that support learning about diversity. Recently there was an event held about different kinds of cultural foods and there are some events that serve to teach residents more about different religions people practice. There are many ways to learn more and I will definitely be getting more involved.

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