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Essay / Diverse Populations or Non-Dominant Social System
Diverse populations are people from non-dominant social systems who have traditionally been understudied and underserved. The understanding that all original people are different, made up of people or things different from each other. With a diverse population, the effect of the person's attitude, values, beliefs, social, cultural, racial and ethnic background is linked to family background, allowing us to learn areas which are problematic for the individual and which are less important to the individual. Taking each area and exploring it, focusing on how I fit in and understanding how they measure up in my own life. The main views of society, to name a few, are race, religion, and gender. These questions are necessary to control inappropriate opinions and allow every person to improve themselves regardless of their age, race, religion and gender background. The area that concerns me the most is being in a minority group, female and age since my career in my early 20s, the knowledge I have gained in my life has been influenced by the knowledge of people more old and by my gender. Defining aging is simply a reflection of the changes that occur over the course of our lives. We are growing. We are developing. We are coming of age. Enthusiasm for aging starts young, with more independence. In middle age, visible changes manifest as wrinkles and gray hair, a slowdown or decline in physical abilities. Then, reaching old age brings an increase in illness and disability. With this mourning of the aging of a diverse population, we have not reached the level of maturity which allows us, thanks to their experience, to better learn from these individuals who have dedicated their lives to learning, studying and sharing this that they accomplished...... middle of paper ......kes and I learned from them, I conform to society and its constant change, but above all I learned from others who I grew up with and who shaped me into who I am today. As a member of society, I live in a diverse and ever-changing population. As a middle-aged woman, I am influenced by society through the social and cultural norms that have imposed rules on our society. Through societal norms, my attitude, beliefs, and values are shaped to influence my life, family, and professional relationships and experiences. Ethically and racially I am white, culturally I am Southern and socially I am female and these are significant factors that have hindered and benefited my life, how I learn and what I do. Population diversity is the crucible of everything that constitutes a person's mental and physical being and combines it with all members of a society..