Does this count as people w/ "diverse backgrounds?"

[herewego]

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So I'm finishing up one of my last secondaries, and the question asks ., "Please provide information or experiences working with individuals from diverse backgrounds."

Does working with the "patrons" of a soup kitchen count as diverse backgrounds? (homeless/low income). I had someone read my essays and we disagreed on the point, so I wanted some more opinions.

I used that example for my essay because people who go to the soup kitchen come from everywhere, been through lots of different things, lots of different experiences etc..

The person looking over my essay said, "But they're all the same kind of people.." I think she meant that the homeless/low income are one big group and that doesn't count as diverse backgrounds.

Opinions? Any help would be appreciated.
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[brooklynblunder]

i agree w/ you. you just probably have one of those friends who likes to disagree with every ****ing thing you would say.

the question also says experiences plural. so feel free to make it more diverse and rainbowish

 

[daisy44]

What a strange thing for your friend to say.

I think your experience absolutely works.

 

[NotSur]

homeless people are all the same? your friend is dumb.

 

[Quantum Mecha]

i agree w/ you. you just probably have one of those friends who likes to disagree with every ****ing thing you would say.

devil's advocate, gotta love it

//sarcasm

 

[Trexate]

Homeless as a race...

She may be on to something...

 

[lstone13]

Wow, that's really awful of your friend to say. However, she may have a point in this: make sure that the way you describe the group of people you worked with as diverse. Maybe discuss how they were diverse, maybe share some stories of their backgrounds that you learned, etc... In other words, perhaps you are describing them as a unit, one bloc of people, but in all actuality, each person has a completely unique life story. Does this make sense?

 

[herewego]

Yea, I agree that she did have a point. And that's exactly what I'm doing. I just threw in two sentences about how they came from different places, different experiences etc. And I'm making my punchline something along the lines of..if you put the time and effort, its very possible to find common ground with people..something like that. Maybe try to make it sound a little less cliche.

 

[Trexate]

Yea, I agree that she did have a point. And that's exactly what I'm doing. I just threw in two sentences about how they came from different places, different experiences etc. And I'm making my punchline something along the lines of..if you put the time and effort, its very possible to find common ground with people..something like that. Maybe try to make it sound a little less cliche.

You know the difference between you and those homeless people? Nothing except money.

I'd take out the "very possible." It makes it sound like you assumed you'd have nothing in common with them, based solely on the fact that they are homeless...

 

[herewego]

That's a good point, thanks. I figured out a way to spin it so it focuses more on putting time and effort into finding common ground rather than the possibility of finding common ground, if that nuance makes sense.

 

[Trexate]

That's a good point, thanks. I figured out a way to spin it so it focuses more on putting time and effort into finding common ground rather than the possibility of finding common ground, if that nuance makes sense.

It does, and personally I think that looks better. Most people don't acknowledge homeless people, let alone put in the effort to get to know them. Emphasizing putting in the effort should illustrate that you don't look down on them, as many people do.