APPLY WHAT YOU'VE LEARNED

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Now that you have read and discussed this chapter, consider how you can apply what you have learned to your academic life and your personal life. The following prompts will help you reflect on the chapter material and its relevance to you both now and in the future.

  1. Use your print or online campus course catalog to identify courses that focus on topics of multiculturalism and diversity. Why do you think that academic departments have included these issues in the curriculum? How would studying diversity and multiculturalism help you succeed in different academic fields?
  1. Reflecting on our personal identities and values is a step toward increased self-awareness. Read and answer the following questions to the best of your ability: How do you identify and express yourself ethnically and culturally? Are there practices or beliefs in your culture to which you have difficulty subscribing? If so, what are they? Why do you have difficulty accepting these beliefs? What aspects of your identity do you truly enjoy?