Xinyi Wang Whitney

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UNIT9 AS

Professor: Nirisa D Y Kristiana

GE*1000 W21

November 14, 2021

Unit 9 AS1: *Diversity Reflection Questions

After reading this assignment, I have had some positive impact on my openness and

curiosity about cultures. I learned that we live in a world full of differences, but there

is no line between human beings. All the differences in the world make this world rich

and diverse, we have to accept these differences and respect them. Also, each culture

in our world is valuable, every culture has its own unique and long history.

The small game resonated the most with me. The games look simple but seldom do

people solve them. Those who can’t solve the problems drew invisible boxes outside

the nine points, they were unwilling to go outside the line and failed to solve it. In

addition, the game is similar in some ways to people's attitudes towards cultural

differences. People draw lines to distinguish between people who are different. But,

just like the speaker says, “the problem is not that we draw or see lines. The problem

is we believe they are real.” (Fred Faller)

 This video forges a change in me, especially that small game. In the future, I may

see the differences but I won’t draw lines and believe the lines are existing. I will try

my best to solve problems more sincerely with divergent thinking. Also, we don’t

need to connect too many things, this action is drawing lines. We need to explore by

ourselves.

The speaker and I have different cultural backgrounds, receive different education,

have a different color of our skin, and speak different native languages. However,

there are no lines between us, we all love our countries and ourselves. We all respect

and try to accept different cultures, and we all believe every country is equal.

I have to say my worldview is not significantly different from anyone else's. maybe

that’s because my worldview is not quite sound yet. I believe most people in the world

are longing for the goods and are willing to work hard for the good. Maybe, some

people could not accept different cultures easily, but I believe shortly, more and more

people will enjoy the culture from other places.

After watching this video, my worldview hasn’t changed a lot. Since we study in a

Sino-foreign cooperative school, we learned the thought and culture from China and

America. What’s more, the professors in our university are come from all over the

world. They will also tell us some culture in their country. As a result, students in our
school contact different cultures every day.

The speaker is trying to tell us our world is open, each person may have a

completely different worldview. Even though we are different, there are no lines

between us. We are equal and we are all the same to the world.