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Besides simple stuff such as watching different movies and listening to different types of music, I don’t consider myself that diverse. My hometown in made up of people with the same background and I went to a private school that kept my parents’ Catholic beliefs. I do try being diverse sometimes, though, by eating different types of food and visiting different countries. By traveling I have been able to experience different cultures and get a better appreciation of the world around me. Although I tend to stick to my roots, it’s always good to learn about other cultures and their way of life. I might learn something new that I might think is a good idea.
If I were a music artist, I would tend to be more diverse and learn more about different types of people so that I could sell my music to a broader audience. By being open to what other people think, I can write songs that everyone can relate too, instead of just writing about what I think. By traveling to different cities and countries to perform, I would probably learn a lot about people outside of my own neighborhood.
If I were 30 years older, I would probably be a lot more diverse. By being older, I would have experienced a lot more encounter with different people and would be a lot more educated. At this time of my life, I might be good friends with people of different values because I would probably not care what someone’s race, religion , or ethnicity is. I would be a lot more open to different cultures.
These perspectives are similar in that in all three roles, we are meeting different people through our experiences. How diverse we become depends on how many of these experiences we encounter, and our openness to accept other beliefs. A music artist or someone 30 years older would be more open then I would be right now.