In: Psychology
Define what diversity means to you, your community and its importance.?
DIversity:- encompasses complex differences and similarities in perspectives, identities, and points of view among members of an institution as well as among individuals who make up the wider community. Diversity includes important and interrelated dimensions of human identity such as race, ethnicity, gender, gender identity and expression, socio-economic status, nationality, citizenship, religion, sexual orientation, ability, and age.
community:- refers to a group of people who are living in a common geographical location. This group of people obeys some social norms and some common value among themselves. As such, there are so many communities the world over, which are separated by languages, cultures, or geographical locations. However, they are related to each other in some way or other, thus making entire world a one, single community
its importance:-
1.community saves us from the isolation and alienation we fear.
2. community is about finding each other and a place we can call home
3.In a community, people live by associating with one another. The feeling of association is a common human feeling. This helps in establishing peace and harmony within a community.
4.The very idea of community comes into being because people like to cooperate with each other. The sense of cooperation begins at home and it leads to a strong feeling of international brotherhood.
5. In a community we share our work, and this division of work leads to our dependency on other people working in different roles. In every walk of our lives, we have to depend on others apart from our family members.