Diversity and Inclusion

Dentro de mis estudios de psicología clínica llevo aprendiendo muchas cosas. Quiero dejar un interesante aporte a cerca de la diversidad y la inclusión en inglés. Espero que les guste este pequeño análisis:

Not only in psychology, also in many topics, talking about diversity, can mean show respect for the other. Respect in all the ways, no matter the culture, the ethnicity, or the beliefs (religion). We can include everyone with no excuses.

Inclusion means that every people must have the same opportunities of ways of living into the society, like having the opportunity to study. But, some minorities don’t have this opportunities. Many places that are far from the biggest places, don’t have the access of hospitals or social services. 

It is pertinent to analyze what social groups are those who have more difficulty being heard.

The National Institute of Health Research proposes nine different groups that are:

-       Race

-       Sex

-       Sexual orientation

-       Disability

-       Religion or belief

-       Transsexual person

-       Being pregnant

-       Being married or in a civil partnership

-       Age

Each group has an individual problem. For years and also centuries the race has been a big problem. For example the black race in the past have never been include in social relationships.

The sexual orientation was considered as a Taboo, now many countries agree with the gender or changes of gender as transsexuals, but other countries don’t.

Depending the continent, a lot of countries don’t accept the think of people with different religions, and that means social exclusion.

Exists a lot of barriers, another example is the communication. People with disabilities, like blind people, they need spaces of Braille to understand where are they located.

To overcome the barriers it’s precisely to do specifics things in each ambit. Not all the spaces can be developed with the same strategies. For example one important thing to start making inclusion for diversity is on schools. Accept in a classroom every type of race, no matter the skin color or social category. With this strategy, in children, we are creating roots of inclusion for the future.