urgent!! please help

[mimmy123]

i'm writing a cultural diversity essay, but i am stuck as i have to write a critical incident where diversity was a major issue. i was told to make this as simple as possible.

i am a second year general nurse student.

[TrudyRN]

Freedom, I am speaking from experience. Mine and what I have seen happen to other members of the dominant culture. Once it happens to you, you will feel threatened, too.

[TrudyRN]

Neither do I. The thread that refers to is just about racism. This thread is about cultural diversity. Way different.

How are they different? Certainly the diversity umbrella encompasses the issue of race, among other issues. Also capable of being diverse are: gender, sexual practices, religion, childrearing practices, healthcare practices, and a great many others, such as the example of the Hmong woman above.

I guess I equate the 2 because I don't know that I've ever seen diversity mean anything other than race - black vs. white vs. Asian vs. Hispanic vs. Pacific Islander, etc. Oh, and gender.

[TazziRN, RN]

Cultural diversity refers to beliefs and practices in cultures, not race, Trudy. Like the Oaxacans I mentioned, and the Asians brought up by another poster. Even whites in European countries have different cultural beliefs than whites here in the US. It's about respecting cultures and understanding them. Absolutely nothing to do with race at all.

[mshultz]

My Cultural Anthropology textbook takes a nonjudgmental approach towards cultural diversity. Reading between the lines, though, the textbook seems to be a little bit more accepting of other cultures than it is of our American culture.

They do question this nonjudgmental approach at one point, when they discuss female genital mutilation.