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 Ethnic: "A member of a
particular ethnic group, especially one who
maintains the language or customs of the group The
description of a nation, region or society in which
many diverse groups live in close proximity with
each other both peacefully and in conflict.
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Diversity: "Diversity
is the term used to describe the relative uniqueness of each individual in
the population. This condition is considered favourable as the greater the
variety of genes available to the genetic algorithm the greater the
likelihood of the system identifying alternate solutions."
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"Cultural diversity is the quality of diverse or
different cultures, as opposed to monoculture, as in
the global monoculture, or a homogenization of
cultures, akin to cultural decay. For example,
before Hawaii was conquered by Europeans, the
culturally diverse Hawaiian culture existed in the
world, and contributed to the world's cultural
diversity. Now Hawaii has been westernized; the vast
majority of its culture has been replaced with
Western or American culture. The phrase cultural
diversity can also refer to having different
cultures respect each other's differences. The
phrase cultural diversity is sometime misused to
mean the variety of human
societies
or
cultures
in a specific region, or in the world as a whole;
but these phenomenon are multiculturalism rather
than cultural diversity. The culturally destructive
action of globalization is often said to have a
negative effect on the world's cultural diversity."
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