Communicating Diversity

In this semester’s Communicating Diversity class, I have left with the skills to recognize and embrace our differences.  I have learned the importance of understanding our differences and by doing so; I feel that I have become a more dynamic person.  Recognizing the obstacles minorities have endured have taught me that the strength inside is more important than the differences on the outside.  My classmates through their shared stories in class and their blog posts have taught me a lot about diversity as well.  We all are living a similar, post-secondary student lifestyle right now, dealing with part time jobs and continuous papers, but have come from a variety of backgrounds.  I found that this class, more so than others, has allowed us to unite and share our own stories.  I feel what encouraged our sharing habits was the work of Brenda Allen.  Beginning her chapters with stories of her own experiences to relate to her topics of diversity really helped with my own relating to the course content.  Exercises in class that helped us identify who we are helped in my recognition of diversity and minority status as a woman.  However, I feel that Communicating Diversity made me appreciate who I was even more so, and understand that my identity as a woman is only singular to whom I am and what it is that I have to offer.  This was a class I enjoyed attending and liked the individual approach we were given through the use of our blogs to share how we interpreted the weekly lessons.  I particularly enjoyed that controversial topics, such as religion, were spoken about in a judgement free environment where we were all welcome to share our opinions based on our own experiences. 

I thank Dr. Pierce and classmates for what you have taught me while communicating diversity.