How diverse is your PLN?

The PLN I used in high school was mostly Facebook. In viewing my friends on Facebook I realized I had a very diverse profile. I realized as I grew older I would have a lot of diverse classmates that I would do group projects with, study with, and even eat together. However, my closer circle group which I would message most of the time on WhatsApp or WeChat would mostly be of eastern asian culture. I did think to myself does this mean I am limiting my inclusion to include all diversities? no. I am comfortable doing anything with everyone of any culture, religion, and colour. The only difference is that the limited similarities we share decrease the scope of what we can do together.

Are you learning from a variety of diverse voices and are you expanding your understanding of the views of others?

I am learning and gaining more knowledge and understanding of the views of others. Why? This is because I learned that when people doesn’t understand something enough they fear it. When fear kicks in this leads to aggression. In this case other people’s culture, their beliefs, their religion, their past, their childhood, and even their history. When you expand your knowledge and understand more about diversity and the need for inclusion you do not fear as much. This leads to a more less aggressive mentality. There are multiple angles and perceptions of the world from a huge variety of diverse voices. It is very important to be able to relate in order to understand.

Resources

Miller, J., & Moore, S. (2021). EDCI 338 – 20 Minutes Moore. Youtube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KeSV0rUl1bA&ab_channel=MILLER

Moore, S. (2016). One Without the Other: Stories of Unity Through Diversity and Inclusion, Portage & Main Press, Introduction and Part 1. ProQuest Ebook Central, https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/uvic/detail.action?docID=4832579.