Diversity

Before college, and still today, I would define diversity as the cultural, ethnic, and personal differences among a population. A population with many different thinking people is diversity. It is when a group of like-minded people are together is when there is no diversity. You cannot just define diversity as differences in religion, skin color, and gender. Personal beliefs, interests and ideas play the major role in diversity.

Since coming to college, my view diversity hasn't changed. I went to fairly diverse schools, where I learned diversity truly was. Coming here only reinforces the definition I have, as I have met many people who may look like me, but they have completely different ideas and beliefs.

Another factor left out of diversity is economical. Some people are in poverty while others are in wealth. We learned that at Hand Middle School, there is a mixture of both rich and poor, which aids to diversity.