Views on Diversity

Running head: M1A3 – VIEWS ON DIVERSITY

M1A3: Views on Diversity

Jordan C. Aguilar

Diversity | PSY312 A02

Instructor: Cynthia Edins

Argosy University

16 January 2013

Summary of Interview

The respondents of this interview consisted of (1) a coworker, (2) a supervisor, and

(3) a student peer. When asked the initial question of the meaning of the word “diversity” when observed in the media or in conversation, all associated the term with a “mixture of races” or “many cultures”. One of the respondents even went on to include the definition as “different people working together”.

The respondents were then asked if one race or ethnic groups is thought of when considering the word “diversity”; and if they themselves associated with that group. One of the respondents was of Asian American descent, and stated that “the local population in Hawaii is diverse because it attracts people from all over the world, and many people live here”. The other two respondents, one of Caucasian American descent and the other of African American descent, mentioned that they both feel as if they were the minorities living here. Both parties have observed a greater population of Asian-Americans inhabit Hawaii, but have also noticed that because Hawaii has a well mixture of various cultures, “everyone is very accepting of each other’s differences.”

Afterwards the respondents were given a list of three statements describing cultural differences for the majority of people, and where asked to pick the one they believed to be the best description. All of the respondents believed that “the majority of people in our culture respect cultural differences between groups of people”. One of the respondents went on to include that “America was founded on different races and cultures.”

The final question the respondents were asked consisted of an open-ended question regarding how diversity should be handled in the next decade. Many of them talked about acceptance, and not judging...