EMBRACING DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION ANALYSIS 2022

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Embracing Diversity and Inclusion
Name
Institution

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EMBRACING DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION
Reflection
In the Cultural Diversity Awareness Questionnaire assessment, I attained a high score of
112 points. The assessment proved that I am highly aware of the matter of diversity. It meant that
I had sufficient knowledge of my prejudice and bias against culturally diverse members of the
community and workplace. Moreover, the high score ascertained that I am also aware of the
impact of my behavior on culturally diverse members. Although the assessment did not put my
awareness did not put me at the highest possible range (between 130 and 160), my awareness
score was commendable.
My score proved that I was active in practicing the concept of cultural diversity. The
assessment confirmed that I acknowledge and respect people of color and others who come from
different ethnicities. Moreover, in oftentimes, I shun stereotypical views and propaganda
especially when I feel that it is based on cultural backgrounds. However, the self-assessment
bequeathed some of the weaknesses I need to correct. Understanding cultural diversity should be
complemented by inclusion. Despite being aware of diversity, there is a need to be more
inclusive in my workplace. It came to my realization that complementing cultural diversity and
inclusivity among members of the staff provide the best workplace environment. Failure to
practice the two concepts, however, leads to weak public and private relations among members
of the staff.

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Analysis
Cultural diversity and inclusion stand among the most fundamental concepts for any
thriving society. The ability of people to understand each other regardless of their differences in
culture, background, statuses, and ethnicities will forever remain one of the most envied goals by
our societies. Fortunately, the goal is achievable. We live in a universe where humans have
successfully realized most of their most sought humanity goals. Concepts such as free and fair
justice systems, peaceful societies, healthy citizens, educated workforce and liberty were once
highly envied by ancient and medieval societies. Currently, except for a few exceptional cases
the goals have been achieved. Cultural diversity and inclusion seem to be our next goals. In a
world where there are observable differences in terms of cultural backgrounds and ethnicities, it
is almost obvious that for efficient development of our societies, we need to learn, re-learn and
practice cultural diversity and inclusion. This analytical paper discusses the efforts of a teacher
named Jane Eliott in educating children on the need to embrace cultural diversity. The paper
analyses the behavioral and climatic of the students during Mrs. Eliott's educative experiment.
Background Information
A few days after Martin Luther King’s assassination, a teacher in Iowa named Jane Eliott
saw it prudent to teach her students on the significance of cultural diversity. Knowing that her
students were homogenously white, Jane decided to use the color of her third-grade students’
eyes to bring out the concepts of diversity and inclusion among the students. Blue-eyed students
were categorically segmented from their classmates with brown eyes. Jane's experiment was
meant to help her students identify their prejudices and biases against people of different
ethnicities and cultures (Byrnes, 1990). The results were much of significance in our
understanding of cultural diversity and inclusion. The teacher’s “Blue-eyed, Brown-eyed”