Diversity

 

Diversity is a great way to engage in the world around us and see how many different variations of human beings there are.  Diversity offers so many benefits. Diversity gives exposure to knowledge that we wouldn’t have known if we knew only one type of person. With diversity we are exposed to new beliefs, ideas, and ways of life. Diversity allows humans to understand different points of view aside from their own. When you see the bigger world around you, you have more of an understanding overall. Being engaged with diverse people only enhances your knowledge. Diversity in the world around us is ideal. In a University setting diversity can be found in every classroom at every campus. Arizona State University supports diversity and excellence in every person.

Diversity is not just about different cultures or races. Diversity is in our age, gender, religion, nationality, sexual orientation, class, ableness, etc. When people of different cultures come together everybody learns something new. Different ages have a vast pool of information to share with one another. Different genders offer different feelings and viewpoints on many topics of discussion. When different religions come together there is sure to be information shared that is new to both sides. Diversity allows people to experience and learn in ways that only diversity can offer.

President Michael Crow of ASU has said, “We have to learn how to communicate and teach between all ethnic and cultural perspectives.  Not with a dominant cultural perspective and marginal alternative cultural perspectives, but across all of these.”