Diversity

I have always felt that diversity is simply something or someone that is physically, emotionally, spiritually, or psychologically different than one’s beliefs or oneself, nothing more, nothing less. Since kindergarten, our generation has been taught that diversity is just something that exists, a part of life, and that it should never be viewed as a bad thing, because it isn’t. Maybe someone has a different skin color than you or is from a different ethnic background, so what? They’re still a living, breathing human being, born with the gift of life; a person, same as you and me. My view of diversity has not changed here at Carolina and I do not believe it ever really will. However, at Carolina, I think I’ve learned exactly what it means to be diverse. Coming to college sometimes is a culture shock, it was for me. There are just so many various types of people and so many stereotypes but then there are always the exceptions, the people who break the mold, that continue to expand and widen your horizons, if only on the basis of who people can be, and as far as I’m concerned, humanity’s limits are endless.