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Diversity is not only important for adults, but children should be learning about different cultures too, especially those who live in diverse cities such as Dallas, Houston, Los Angeles, New York, Chicago or Miami. It is extremely important for adults to teach kids to be accepting of different cultures because if children are not taught, then they become more close-minded.

This can lead to issues at school and even lead to bullying. Kids are still forming opinions, so it is essential that they are taught to be accepting while they are young. Parents or family members need to sit down and talk with children as well as present them with easy to understand data, and talk about the importance of cultural diversity. For example, if you live in Houston like I do, you can visit the website for the recently created Office of New Americans and find lots of facts about the diversity in Houston and present that to your child. If you are able to explain the importance of diversity to children and show them how diverse the world is, you can help them to be more open minded toward people of different cultural backgrounds.

In today's world if we all are able to respect and know about other cultures, and respect their values and belief, life would be easier for most of us, and we can learn a lot of good things from each other. I know that I have learned a lot in this process, and I continue to learn each and every day.
Dr. Asim Shah, is professor and vice chair for Community Psychiatry in the Menninger Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Baylor College of Medicine.

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Cultural diversity: Why we should respect other cultures

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Diversity is not only important for adults, but children should be learning about different cultures too, especially those who live in diverse cities such as Dallas, Houston, Los Angeles, New York, Chicago or Miami. It is extremely important for adults to teach kids to be accepting of different cultures because if children are not taught, then they become more close-minded.

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Respect Our Culture, Respect Our Dignity

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The word culture was the most searched word in 2014 in internet. What does that mean? Are people trying to understand more about other cultures? Are people reflecting about their own culture and what it makes sense for them or not? Is the world becoming more intolerant and than tolerant people are trying to figure out what’s going on with these people? Or that was because people are becoming more conscious about the lack of equality between women and men in society and are trying to understand things like “rape culture” or “male chauvinista culture”?

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CULTURE IS MORE THAN THE SUM OF ITS DEFINITIONS

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BEAUTIFUL GAME

The streets of Rio will be empty on Saturday as Brazil watches its soccer team face off against Germany in the gold medal match-and viewers won't be able to relax until the referee blows that final whistle.

For three hours on Wednesday afternoon, Rio's Copacabana beach was empty. It was lunchtime, and everybody (even the cops) was watching Brazil trounce Honduras 6-0 in the Olympic semifinals in soccer.

Soccer is, of course, one of Brazil's national obsessions, and the dozens of (mostly male) Cariocas clustered around restaurant and luncheonette TV screens were happy to hold forth-first about Brazilian football, and then about everything else.

Sebastiao Ribeiro, a street samba musician, paused from playing music in front of the Principe de Monaco restaurant as Gabriel Jesus scored a third goal. "Thank God," he said. "Now we can relax."

By this, he meant that the country was beginning to take steps toward erasing Brazils' crushing 7-1 defeat by Germany in the World Cup in 2014 in Maracana Stadium, an arena many think is cursed. The two teams are set for another showdown in the Olympic gold medal match on Saturday at 4:30 pm EST.

Celvo Carrera Muniz, a doorman just getting off work, sipped a beer and interjected, "No we can't. Not until the referee blows the last whistle of the final game."

Edson Silva agreed. "We haven't forgotten," he said, referring to the 2014 game. "This makes things a little better but some things are impossible to forget."

Marcos Souza was watching the game across the street with a giant group of diners. He wasn't impressed. "The game used to be so beautiful," he said, waxing poetic on the term "jogo bonito," or "beautiful game." The phrase, now synonymous with Brazilian soccer, was enshrined by Pele's skillful, dignified playing in the 1970s. "Everything's changed," he said.

His friend, Valdecin de Sousa, agreed. "When we were coming up, we played on the street and watched Pele until we got better and better," he said. "Now the kids text each other to see if they can meet for a game." He gestured to the beach. "We just used to meet wherever and play."

He paused, and then launched into a litany of Brazil's woes: a political crisis that is sure to end with the impeachment of President Dilma Rousseff; a collapsed economy; high unemployment; and a corruption scandal that involves a raft of politicians, including the interim president Michel Temer. De Sousa's face seemed to mirror the national mood. "We have so many difficulties, winning isn't going to make us forget anything," he said.

"People used to think that Brazil was just this paradise, a country of Carnival and soccer," Marcos Souza said. "We have another reality, and the Olympics are just a distraction." The two men were in Rio from São Paulo for work, and were dismayed by the disorganization of the city.

"It's theft!" interjected their friend Alusio, who like many Brazilians, only uses his first name. He gestured toward the favelas in the hills. "They've spent billions to build a park that's going to be used by whom?" he asked. "Why not put that into hospitals or schools?"

Souza said the Olympics, awarded in 2009 to Rio during a time of unprecedented prosperity, were a missed opportunity for his country. "Kids watching this game today are going to dream of becoming the next Neymar," he said, referring to the soccer team's superstar, who has a powerful influence on everything from tattoos to haircuts. (He also has a charity that offers children in Praia Grande, his former hometown, a place to study and practice soccer. A pall fell over his good works when the charity was ordered to pay $52 million in fines for tax evasion.)

"They need to be thinking about how to learn more, how to become more educated," he said. He finished his plastic cup of beer and sighed. "Who's this all for?" he asked of the Olympics.

Saybon, who sat nearby, agreed. By then, the score was 4-0, and no one was worried. "Brazil's in a mess," he said. "I love Brazil and I love to watch soccer. But beating Honduras isn't going to change unemployment, or fix our social safety net, or create more doctors," he said. "We have all this beauty, all these resources, all this talent."

"People used to say Pele played with 'brains in his feet,'" he added. "What Brazil really needs is brains in its brain."

For three hours on Wednesday afternoon, Rio's Copacabana beach was empty. It was lunchtime, and everybody (even the cops) was watching Brazil trounce Honduras 6-0 in the Olympic semifinals in soccer.

Soccer is, of course, one of Brazil's national obsessions, and the dozens of (mostly male) Cariocas clustered around restaurant and luncheonette TV screens were happy to hold forth-first about Brazilian football, and then about everything else.

Sebastiao Ribeiro, a street samba musician, paused from playing music in front of the Principe de Monaco restaurant as Gabriel Jesus scored a third goal. "Thank God," he said. "Now we can relax."

By this, he meant that the country was beginning to take steps toward erasing Brazils' crushing 7-1 defeat by Germany in the World Cup in 2014 in Maracana Stadium, an arena many think is cursed. The two teams are set for another showdown in the Olympic gold medal match on Saturday at 4:30 pm EST.

Celvo Carrera Muniz, a doorman just getting off work, sipped a beer and interjected, "No we can't. Not until the referee blows the last whistle of the final game."

Edson Silva agreed. "We haven't forgotten," he said, referring to the 2014 game. "This makes things a little better but some things are impossible to forget."

Marcos Souza was watching the game across the street with a giant group of diners. He wasn't impressed. "The game used to be so beautiful," he said, waxing poetic on the term "jogo bonito," or "beautiful game." The phrase, now synonymous with Brazilian soccer, was enshrined by Pele's skillful, dignified playing in the 1970s. "Everything's changed," he said.

His friend, Valdecin de Sousa, agreed. "When we were coming up, we played on the street and watched Pele until we got better and better," he said. "Now the kids text each other to see if they can meet for a game." He gestured to the beach. "We just used to meet wherever and play."

He paused, and then launched into a litany of Brazil's woes: a political crisis that is sure to end with the impeachment of President Dilma Rousseff; a collapsed economy; high unemployment; and a corruption scandal that involves a raft of politicians, including the interim president Michel Temer. De Sousa's face seemed to mirror the national mood. "We have so many difficulties, winning isn't going to make us forget anything," he said.

"People used to think that Brazil was just this paradise, a country of Carnival and soccer," Marcos Souza said. "We have another reality, and the Olympics are just a distraction." The two men were in Rio from São Paulo for work, and were dismayed by the disorganization of the city.

"It's theft!" interjected their friend Alusio, who like many Brazilians, only uses his first name. He gestured toward the favelas in the hills. "They've spent billions to build a park that's going to be used by whom?" he asked. "Why not put that into hospitals or schools?"

Souza said the Olympics, awarded in 2009 to Rio during a time of unprecedented prosperity, were a missed opportunity for his country. "Kids watching this game today are going to dream of becoming the next Neymar," he said, referring to the soccer team's superstar, who has a powerful influence on everything from tattoos to haircuts. (He also has a charity that offers children in Praia Grande, his former hometown, a place to study and practice soccer. A pall fell over his good works when the charity was ordered to pay $52 million in fines for tax evasion.)

"They need to be thinking about how to learn more, how to become more educated," he said. He finished his plastic cup of beer and sighed. "Who's this all for?" he asked of the Olympics.

Saybon, who sat nearby, agreed. By then, the score was 4-0, and no one was worried. "Brazil's in a mess," he said. "I love Brazil and I love to watch soccer. But beating Honduras isn't going to change unemployment, or fix our social safety net, or create more doctors," he said. "We have all this beauty, all these resources, all this talent."

"People used to say Pele played with 'brains in his feet,'" he added. "What Brazil really needs is brains in its brain."

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Rio 2016: How Local Fans Cheer on Brazilian Soccer

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BEAUTIFUL GAME The streets of Rio will be empty on Saturday as Brazil watches its soccer team face off against Germany in the gold medal match-and viewers won't be able to relax until the referee blows that final whistle. For three hours on Wednesday afternoon, Rio's Copacabana beach was empty.

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The 2016 Olympics in Brazil was an event very rich in culture. People from many countries in the world came to Brazil at the same time to see the games and get to know our country. This was an opportunity for both brazilians and foreigners to get to learn a lot about culture. Brazilians are known for beeing loud loyal fans, and most of the athletes from abroad appreciate that. The Olympics atmosphere offers an exchange of knowledge and experiences between different people that enriches peoples' lives and the way we think. That’s why events like that, that unite a lot of foreigners at the same place for the same reason are truly importante for the globalized world and to understand diferences.

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Brazilian are LOUD and passionate fans! That's part of our culture

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Brazilian are LOUD and passionate fans! That's part of our culture

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Eastern Philosophy Vs Western Philosophy

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Some of the cultural differences of Eastern and Western world

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Some of the cultural differences of Eastern and Western world

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Me or We? Cultural Difference between East and West

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Western culture was/is influenced by European countries because of all the past that they share, what makes this side of the world very similar in various aspects, while the eastern is completely different in many ways. Eastern culture was heavily influenced by relegion during its early development, and because of that, religion is more presente in peoples daily lives and their culture on that side of the world.

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An importante thing we have to know when starting to learn about a different culture and even to try to understand ours, is that culture changes and will always change.

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On unit 1 we read and discussed a text by Kim Ann Zimmermann, that tries to define culture – it’s only one of the multiplus definitions that this term has. For Zimmermann, culture is the characteristics and knowledge of a particular group of people, encompassing language, religion, cuisine, social habits, music and arts.

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Ana Luíza Teixeira - Portfolio