Ten Aspects of Cultural Diversity

These are the ten aspects of cultural diversity which we are going to concentrate on

in this course. 

1)   Download Popplet Lite (free app) from the App Store, and then make a Popplet like the diagram below. Put yourself in the center. Around yourself put the names of six people you know who are not Emirati. Fill in the boxes. What makes them different from you? 

               

2) Define yourself as an Emirati. Write a short paragraph.

Example – I was born in Dubai and my nationality is Emirati. I’m 37 years old, I get married and I have three children, I have graduated from HCT (High College of Technology) In Diploma. I’m working in Gasco Company. I have a little car. 

3)  Now, let’s complete the table below, based on our class discussion:

Main Category	Sub-Category	Example
1. Religion	Hindu, Muslim, Christian	My teacher is a Christian.
2. Ethnicity	Indian, American	My friends Indian
3. Language	Arabic, Urdu, English	My casein speak Urdu
4. Value and belief systems	Believe, Trust, Faith	I believe my sister
5. Disability	Blind, deaf	I sow a blind man in the street
6. Class	upper class, middle class	My uncial is upper class
7. Gender	Male, Female	I am male
8. Age	Young, old	My grand Mather is old
9. Education background	School, College	My son is in school
10. Race	Pakistani, Emirati, American	My friend is Pakistani

*The world population can be divided into 4 major races, namely white/Caucasian, Mongoloid/Asian, Negroid/Black and Australoid. This is based on a racial classification made by Carleton S. Coon in 1962.  There is no universally accepted classification for “race”, however, and its use has been under fire over the last few decades. The United Nations, in a 1950 statement, opted to “drop the term ‘race’ altogether and speak of “ethnic groups”. In this case, there are more than 5,000 ethnic groups in the world, according to a 1998 study published in the Scientific American.  http://blog.world-mysteries.com/science/how-many-major-races-are-there-in-the-world/