Cultural Diversity At The California College Of Arts

Running head: CULTURAL DIVERSITY 1 CULTURAL DIVERSITY 6 Cultural diversity Name Professors Name Institution Date Introduction Cultural diversity has impacted the American Society and studies as well. It is important to encourage students to explore the diversity of culture in America and also understand how culture has changed the landscape. The essence of studying diversity in culture is to help students understand the global community interrelations and how ethnicity, race and culture affect design practices. The purpose of this report was to analyze culture diversity in the California College of Arts and how this difference has impacted the population of the school. It was evident that giving students an opportunity to explore on cultural artifacts and their origin helped to blend the resulting cultures. Demographics In the school, social-economic, ethnicity and race are some of the factors that have resulted in diversity in studies. 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