Diversity Interview
I completed this interview with an old friend, Darian, she is African American and her prefered sexual orientation is female. I have never really given much thought on how different we are, and still believe we are more alike than different. But we do have some rather large things that distinguish the two of us from each other. The major ‘skin deep’ things being she has a girlfriend and is African American.
When I first reached out to her about completing this interview I was more than nervous, petrified would be a more accurate adjective. Of course she was happy to help and complete the interview, but this did not calm my nerves any. When we finally set up the time and met I was nervous all over again, I had even rehearsed …show more content…
I’ve heard about pride but after hearing why she loves to participate in it, it all made sense. She told to me look up the word pride when I got home. Pride means “a feeling or deep pleasure or satisfaction derived from one's own achievements, the achievements of those with whom one is closely associated, or from qualities or possessions that are widely admired.” After hearing her talk about why pride was so important to her, then my looking up the defintion it all clicked.
I think the most eye opening thing I discovered from this diversity interview is that not everyone’s family is accepting of who their kids or relatives are. This was a tough pill for me to swallow, although this was not the case for Darian, it is still heartbreaking. I still have trouble fathoming a family not accepting its own. I will love my family no matter the circumstance, if they want to change genders, if they are gay/lesbian, or if they want to worship another religion.
Darian says she’s aware she has had it ‘easy’ because of other family members coming out before her. So she knew her family was already going to be very accepting. At work, she’s able to display varies pictures of her significant other. And all of her friends are very accepting of her and her significant
I completed this interview with an old friend, Darian, she is African American and her prefered sexual orientation is female. I have never really given much thought on how different we are, and still believe we are more alike than different. But we do have some rather large things that distinguish the two of us from each other. The major ‘skin deep’ things being she has a girlfriend and is African American.
When I first reached out to her about completing this interview I was more than nervous, petrified would be a more accurate adjective. Of course she was happy to help and complete the interview, but this did not calm my nerves any. When we finally set up the time and met I was nervous all over again, I had even rehearsed …show more content…
I’ve heard about pride but after hearing why she loves to participate in it, it all made sense. She told to me look up the word pride when I got home. Pride means “a feeling or deep pleasure or satisfaction derived from one's own achievements, the achievements of those with whom one is closely associated, or from qualities or possessions that are widely admired.” After hearing her talk about why pride was so important to her, then my looking up the defintion it all clicked.
I think the most eye opening thing I discovered from this diversity interview is that not everyone’s family is accepting of who their kids or relatives are. This was a tough pill for me to swallow, although this was not the case for Darian, it is still heartbreaking. I still have trouble fathoming a family not accepting its own. I will love my family no matter the circumstance, if they want to change genders, if they are gay/lesbian, or if they want to worship another religion.
Darian says she’s aware she has had it ‘easy’ because of other family members coming out before her. So she knew her family was already going to be very accepting. At work, she’s able to display varies pictures of her significant other. And all of her friends are very accepting of her and her significant