The world is remarkably diverse, and people’s communities are becoming increasingly multicultural, multilingual, and multiracial. By developing intercultural understanding in children and adults, people strive to create inclusive communities and instill in everyone a sense of connection and belonging. People welcome their diversity and embrace the differences, commonalities, and shared values. Diversity refers to political beliefs, race, culture, sexual orientation, religion, class, and differences in gender identity. Inclusion means that everyone in diversity feels included, valued, respected, treated fairly, and embedded in the culture. Equity ensures that all society members have access to the same treatment, opportunities, and promotion; it aims to identify and remove the existing barriers to the full participation of certain groups. All aspects are important: diversity without inclusion can result in a toxic culture, and inclusion without diversity can make a community stagnant. This is a natural development of a society striving to be more diverse in its perceptions of people with different backgrounds and experiences. Differences become strengths in joint efforts, and cooperation is the way to achieve peace. And it should be something people truly need to celebrate.
From my point of view, celebrating diversity, equality and inclusion is very important from a social perspective. Firstly, participants of such events can get a new look at life and the people around them because knowledge is the key to tolerance. The celebration of diversity usually includes a wide range of local and international music, eclectic dancing, delicious food, and creative crafts: it may be interesting for all community members. Secondly, cultural celebrations foster respect and open-mindedness towards other cultures. Understanding people and their backgrounds are critical to personal and community growth. Thirdly, through the understanding of diversity, people are able to become more aware of themselves; the key to understanding yourself lies in the ability to understand others. Finally, due to such celebration, we can explain the important fact: the differences define people and how they treat others concerning these differences.
The main reason why celebrating equality, inclusion, and diversity is important to me is its societal significance, as outlined above. I want to live in a society that accepts and understands the diversity of its members, in a society where there is no place for discrimination. Such celebrations are needed to form such a progressive society. The importance lies not only in the exchange of intercultural experience but also in teaching people tolerance and norms of behavior in raising awareness about the problems of oppressed minorities. The existence of a culture of such celebrations and participation in them has made me an understanding and sensitive person myself. Thanks to such events, people may finally understand that our cultural, racial, ethnic, gender, and other differences make us human beings.
By creating a diverse and inclusive environment, all members of society can benefit, especially those who belong to traditionally marginalized groups. Using culturally sensitive strategies will help recognize that people may have more options and opportunities than they considered. Diversity, equity, and inclusiveness open up a much broader perspective for solving problems and developing creative solutions for competitive advantage and greater success. A celebration dedicated to such important social aspects is important because it aims to bring people together, exchange cultural experiences and inform about social issues. With the help of such events, people learn to accept the peculiarities of other people and better understand who they really are.