Perspectives on Diversity and Culture

I asked my brother, who is a Marine what is culture.  He said, culture is given to you.  It is built on traditions and traditions build culture. Culture is the way you live.  Culture is derived from people making you who you are.  This way of life is passed down from generation to generation.    His definition of diversity are the differences in culture.  Diverse entails the differences evident in each specific culture. Based on what my brother said I think he hit the nail on the head with his idea of culture.  I asked him this because he has traveled the world and he is a male perspective. 

I also asked my brother's mother-in-law, Louann,  what is culture.  She was brought up in a foster home and her perspective is different.  She attributes her culture as Mexican.  She doesn't know what she is ethnically but identifies herself with how she looks.  She looks Latina so she identifies with that culture.  Diversity is change and how each person is different.  


I think the answers I received demonstrate how diverse people's perspectives can be.  Also, I am reminded that to most people culture is what is touched upon on the surface.  No one really gave me a "deep" cultural answer.  I was really taken aback by Louann's answer and perspective.  She wasn't raised by biological parents so she assumed the culture of the people she thinks she looks like.  She doesn't even know if she is Mexican.  For all she knows she is Arabic or Egyptian.  I wonder if knowing that truth would cause her to identify herself differently.