Diversity in the Workplace

In today’s life diversity is a big topic in any workplace, there will be a lot of different diversities such as, culture, age, gender, race, sexual orientation, and personality. There is a lot of good and bad in diversity, but at the end of the day, we are all supposed to be treated the same. 

Why should everyone be treated the same? Well, no matter where you are working, if it is a doctor’s office, a school, or as a receptionist, everyone has worked hard to get to where they are, and gender, age, or anything else should not affect the work place. Coming into work, and having someone look down on you for your race or gender is a hard environment to work in. It makes that person’s job difficult, and sometimes they do not want to work there. Everybody should be able to speak freely about something they feel strongly about, without the fear of being judged. The society we live in now a day is so hard on people, we grow up learning different things than other people, and when they bring that with them wherever they go, other people should not have to bring them down for believing in something they grew up learning about.

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 Looking at someone and thinking that they aren’t good enough because of their sexuality, or beliefs, or personality, is really just a poor judge of character. None of that should matter in a work environment. Everyone is there because that is where he or she wants to be, and having to work in a place that doesn’t quite like you for a small detail is very sad, and shouldn’t even have to be a thought. A phrase I’m sure your parents thought you as a kids was “if you can’t say anything nice, don’t say anything at all.” We should all still live like this.

I strongly believe, that everyone should be treated the same, no matter what you believe, or who you love, your age, your gender, or your race. Everyone should welcome diversity with open arms, and not shame them for who they are. Everyone wants to fit in; diversity should not change how a person looks at someone else.