The word diversity It is a term that allows to refer to the difference, the variety, the dissimilarity and the abundance of different things in a certain context. AND cultural It is a term that allows us to refer to everything that is proper or related to culture. This provides enriching knowledge regarding other traditions, and developing mutual respect.
The concept of cultural diversity realizes the coexistence and interaction that exists effectively and satisfactorily between different cultures in the same geographic space.
The existence of different cultures is considered a very important heritage of humanity, since this issue undoubtedly contributes to promoting and expanding knowledge and also values such as respect and tolerance, because the fact of respecting and tolerating the other who He lives next to us, although he does not manifest the same beliefs and cultural baggage, he will always be a step forward as people.
Encourages and expands knowledge and respect for what is different
Each culture will make a different contribution and therein lies precisely the enrichment of any culture, of being able to absorb those issues that the one that is next to it presents and that is lacking in that aspect. Add the customs of the other that enrich me and always show willing to live together harmoniously.
On the other hand, cultural diversity proposes respect not only on the part of our neighbors or those around us who do not think the same as us, but also implies respect on the part of the authorities who have power in the community in which we live, Of course, if the authority is coercive against those who express themselves against their ideas, we will find ourselves in a clear context of lack of freedom of expression, which is popularly called dictatorship, in addition to a very clear practice of cultural segregation.
But the authority, in addition to respecting the ideas of a certain culture, must give the different cultures that make up its community the necessary guarantees for their survival, since it is a frequent situation that one culture is threatened by the advancement of another that has a Hegemonic vocation, then, the authority or government must intervene to protect the weaker culture and avoid above all things that it disappears, thus disappearing cultural diversity.
The duty of the state must always be to guarantee equity and the rights of all beyond any type of difference in any aspect, in this case that we address, in the cultural, while it must always promote policies and campaigns that defend cultures minorities and of course avoid and sanction any type of discrimination that may be carried out in this regard.
Globalization and new technologies changed the axis and marked the opening of cultural coexistence
Today's world has a completely different position than hundreds of years ago in this regard, fortunately, globalization would have been impossible if it had not taken place in a framework of openness in every aspect.
In past times, civilizations kept their cultures isolated and separated from the rest, they could interact, but a distance was always maintained, it was not intended that the different cultures coexist as they do today.
At present, and as a consequence of various factors that have to do with evolution and new technologies, this has radically changed and thus the differences in this regard have been progressively eliminated.
For example, today, we can appreciate how from the fusion of different cultures a common and global culture emerges that synthesizes diverse cultures.
The development of technology, as we have already indicated, was undoubtedly the engine of the shortening of distances, generating more efficient and instantaneous transport and communications between the most distant and diverse cultures. This obviously had a positive impact on bringing cultures, people, who were born in a place and raised under a given cultural background and then went to work in a totally diverse culture but they were able to adapt and amalgamate their cultural history with that of the destination country. .
