- When looking through all of my classmates posts in the canon, I saw many examples of diversity that we hadn’t really discussed earlier. I really enjoyed reading the posts and looking at how others wrote about diversity in all aspects. One post that really stood out to me was the one about religion in the workplace. It made me think about how religion can play a huge factor and and that leadership has had a big effect on how the company goes about religion. Personally, I am not very religious so I haven’t thought much about that but having religious diversity is once again essential in order to connect to a verity of different customers. I thought it was really interesting because as said in the post, religion in the workplace is often seen as religion of the workplace. In addition to the article being intriguing, the media element that was included helped tie everything together. It went into further detail about religion in the workplace and how there is a lot of discrimination that has been happening along with it.
3. Transitions can often be challenging at times, but it is essential in writing because it helps with he flow of the passage and helps develop ideas. The section I would like to focus on in Bogost’s article about diversity in computing is where he introduces the center in which he works at at Georgia Tech. He begins this paragraph by saying “among them.” This transition from the last paragraph helps the reader know what exactly is being talked about and included. He then goes on to say what the center is and their goal. He uses “among its activities” to further show what the center does and help the reader see why it’s important to the article. Throughout the passage, he uses quotes from various people. To help the flow of these quotes, he uses words such as “she insisted” and “even though” to help with this flow.
I thought that the topic of religion in the workplace was interesting as well because we haven’t read about that in class. I didn’t realize that religion could affect the workplace so much. I am also not a very religious person, but I know that religious diversity is very important. People who have different beliefs can often shed light on issues you do not know about. No one should be discriminated against because of their beliefs, so I hope that in the future, as a society, we become better at accepting others.
I totally agree as the religion demographic was one that stood out to me as well. I am personally not very religious, so naturally it is not a distinguishable demographic I focus on, but it certainly can be a defining factor within the workplace. Religious discrimination is seen everywhere sadly, but bringing such negativity into the workplace can disrupt the harmony that is being created. I do hope companies do not turn away talented future employees due to their religious affiliation, but I do wish for more religious diversity in the workplace.
You highlight some important segments of Bogost’s approach here, Justin–in each of these instances, he’s providing his readers with a bit more context for the source material (including his own experiences) that he’s working with. He’s giving us more reason to pay attention to what he has to say. Transitions can do a lot of this heavy-lifting credibility-building work!