IDS400 SNHU Diversity and You Discussion
Question Description
Having developed a definition of diversity in the last module, this week we’re turning to how diversity applies to you personally. This could be related to your personal experiences or things you’ve observed of those around you. Because Milestone One is also due this week, we’ll start to discuss the issues and events that interest you. Based on the module resources and your own research, write an initial post that addresses the following:
Describe an event related to diversity that either you or someone around you has experienced. What did you take away, and how did it enhance your understanding of diversity?
Share a current issue related to diversity that you have found interesting or that has personally impacted you. Post an article from a news source. How does diversity help you better understand this issue?
Post at least two responses to your fellow students. In your responses to your peers, take a look through the lens of intersectionality and consider both sides of your classmates’ issues. Compare and contrast your answers. What do you like about your peers’ explanations, and what would you add?
Make sure you support your response with the readings from this module, and any additional resources if needed.
Review the module resources.
Intersectionality and Liberal Education
Beyond Intersectionality
Dimensions of Diversity
The readings this week take a critical eye on the concept of intersectionality as a lens for understanding issues and identities relevant to the study of diversity. Intersectionality has gained a reputation for being “separatist and fragmenting” (Butler, 38), but, as these articles demonstrate, it can also be used more broadly to support a diverse, yet inclusive, society. As you read these articles, consider:
What is intersectionality, and how can it be used to better understand diversity?
How can the concept of intersectionality be applied to the issue or event you are choosing for Milestone One?
Do you agree or disagree with the authors’ application of the concept of intersectionality? Why or why not?
Peer post 1
In the Sage article, it speaks about the dimensions of diversity and how it includes several different layers. In one of the layers, it describes the internal dimensions which includes things such as age, race, gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, as well as physical ability (Gardenswartz & Rowe, 2015). Gender has become a major topic in the news as well as around the world. As a female, events have occurred to me I believe just because of my gender. At a previous workplace, there were many times I as well as other women in the workplace were given large workloads while the male counterparts were not given as much. This was a business that had over half of their employees being females, however, their upper management consisted of all males. At the time, I felt like this is just how business was run since I was young and it was my first job. However, what I took away was that this is not the normal. Women and men should be treated equally and gender shouldn’t distinguish one job from another. Gender is only one of the things that make us unique and make up our diversity. After being in such a workplace, I have learned in my new company that women and men are one in the same. We are all human and deserve respect and should embrace one another’s differences.
This brings up one of the news stories that just came out in regards to the women’s world cup soccer team. At the end of the final game, fans could be heard chanting “equal pay, equal pay”. As a former women’s soccer player, I find this call to make the game equal for males and females interesting. For members of FIFA, soccer’s international governing body, which reportedly will pay the U.S. women a $4 million bonus, compared with the $38 million paid to last year’s men’s World Cup winner. Even though The Wall Street Journal reports that from 2016 to 2018, U.S. women’s games generated about $50.8 million in revenue, compared with $49.9 million for men’s games (Goldman, 2019). Having these female soccer players stand up for bringing this diversity issue to the forefront is what we need to make the idea of adopting one’s differences and acceptance is key. By bridging the pay gap and addressing gender differences in the national media, is one step closer to coming together.
Gardenswartz, L. & Rowe, A. (2015). Dimensions of diversity. In J. Bennett (Ed.), The SAGE encyclopedia of intercultural competence (pp. 234-238). Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc. doi: 10.4135/9781483346267.n84
Goldman, T. (2019, July 09). Equal Pay For Equal Play; The U.S. Women’s Soccer Team Tackles Its Next Quest. Retrieved from https://www.npr.org/2019/07/09/739703325/equal-pay”¦
Peer post 2
Hi class,
i’d like to start this post with a quote from our reading this week, “When it comes to social inequality, people’s lives and organ