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Title: Diversity Appreciation


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Diversity Appreciation
  • Presented by
  • Iowa Civil Rights Commission

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Iowa Civil Rights CommissionDisclaimer
  • The information contained in this presentation is
    a brief overview and should not be construed as
    legal advice or exhaustive coverage of the topic.

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What is Diversity?
What is Culture?
Why does it matter?
What can I do?
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What is Diversity?
  • The differences which make us each unique
  • Recognizing the differences until the differences
    dont make a difference anymore
  • All of our differences and similarities

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What does Diversity Include?
  • Age
  • Race
  • Religion
  • Gender
  • National Origin
  • Disability
  • All of our differences and similarities

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What is Culture?
  • Culture refers to all the accepted and patterned
    ways of behavior of a group of a given people. It
    is a body of common understanding. It is the sum
    total of the organization of arrangement of all
    the groups ways of thinking, feeling, and
    acting.

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Cultural Differences
  • Visual
  • Subconscious

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First Thoughts
Caucasians are... Gays are Lesbians are Native
Americans are Teenagers are...
Men Are... Women are African-Americans
are Latinos are Asians are
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Factors Which Interfere With Diversity
Appreciation
  • Stereotypes
  • Prejudice
  • Discrimination

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Stereotype
  • A misconception about an individual or group
    based on the belief that all people in a given
    group will act in the same way.
  • Example All .are lazy.

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Prejudice
  • An irrational suspicion or hatred of a particular
    group, race, or religion
  • Making up your mind about what a person or group
    is like before you get to know them

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Discrimination
  • The act of giving unequal treatment to an
    individual or group of people because they are
    members of a certain culture or race, or because
    of other differences. People are denied equal
    opportunities because of their differences.

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Attitudes or Behaviors
  • Training involves teaching a person to perform a
    new skill, learn a body of knowledge, and display
    a new attitude.
  • Forklift 80 skill, 10 knowledge, 10 attitude
  • Spreadsheet 20 skill, 70 knowledge, 10
    attitude
  • Diversity 15 skill, 10 knowledge, 75 attitude

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Diversity Appreciation in a Business Environment
  • Developing an atmosphere in which it is safe for
    all employees to ask for help
  • Actively seeking information from people from a
    variety of backgrounds and cultures
  • Including people who are different than you in
    informal gatherings such as lunch, coffee breaks,
    and spur of the moment meetings
  • Creating a team spirit of which every member
    feels a part

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Recognizing, appreciating, valuing, and utilizing
the unique talents and contributions of all
individuals.
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Iowa Civil Rights Commission
Grimes State Office Building Des Moines, Iowa
50319 515-281-4121 800-457-4416 FAX
515-242-5840 http//www.state.ia.us/government/crc
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