In the first place, diversity at workplace values differently between the past and the present. According to an article, “…the unemployment rate among African Americans is disproportionately high compared to whites” (The Challenge of Diversity). Additionally, in line with “How Diversity Makes Us Smarter”, “Diversity enhances creativity” (Phillips). This is significant because diversity at workplace in the past were mostly consisted of white males. Not that many women were able to work due to men’s superiority. Immigrants would just be starting to come to the United States to work; most of them were uneducated. Also, because the immigrants, who were from different cultures, were a fairly new concept back then, people did not understand each other, often leading to racism and ignorance. …show more content…
The two big components of this management is cultural awareness and sensitivity training. Because we are living in a very diverse world where we differ in a wide range of backgrounds, race, culture, religion, sexual orientation, and many more, not everyone can get together. Moreover, a workplace is a place everyone needs to work together as a group, which is why cultural understanding is crucial. We all have our own culture of values and beliefs as well. We should “be curious, ask colleagues about their cultural background” (Heggertveit-Aoudia), understand them and accept that we come from different backgrounds. This way, working together at a diverse place like today would be more efficient and peaceful among