Diversity Self-Assessment – Taking A Look In the Mirror

investigate how your own communication is impacted by diversity.
Instructions:
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Take the assessment below
o https://www.washcoll.edu/campus-community/diversity-equity-and-
inclusion/Diversity%20Self-Assessment.pdf
o Report your scores for each section
o Report your total score
o Answer the reflection questions
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Create an at least two-page reflection journal (double-spaced, 12-point font, Times New Roman or similar) that answers the following questions:
o Consider an experience you had with someone who was different than you and there was conflict or difficulty communicating (not a language barrier). This could be race, gender, religion, politics, country or geographic area, etc.
 What caused the conflict? How did you contribute to the conflict?
 How was the response different than how you usually handle conflict with someone of the same race, gender, religion, political leanings, country or geographic area, etc.
 What did you assume?
 How did those assumptions impact the communication?
 What would you do differently this time?
o This is based on an exercise in: https://www.washcoll.edu/campus-community/diversity-equity-and-inclusion/Diversity%20Self-Assessment.pdf