According to Webster, Diversity is defined as the condition of having or being composed of differing elements, also known as variety. Personally, I think that being diverse is when someone or something that is different from the majority of people or things surrounding them. Such as, a litter of black puppies and one outcast white puppy, or a group of caucasians and one or two African Americans. Many do not support the idea of a variety of different things, but they believe in keeping all of their surroundings and people around them the same. Much like the movie "The Stepford Wives." A movie filmed in 1975 and remade on 2004 about a perfect group of women with a perfect lifestyle and community, associating themselves with perfect people. But in reality not everyone is perfect.

One experience that I have encountered involving diversity I would like to share. Although I have never been personally discriminated against, I have had some positive diversity experiences. I have been playing soccer since I was 5 years old and loved every minute of it. My skills improved and grew throughout my soccer career. And by the time I entered high school I was able to make the Varsity team. A team I grew very close to. These were the girls I was going to spend the next 4 seasons with and I got to know every one of them on a very personal  level. Some were tall, short, African American, Caucasian, heavy-set and even skinny as a twig. I didn't care that everyone was different. All of these girls I know I can count on whenever I need someone. Diversity doesn't have to always be a "bad" thing. Diversity had forever more enhanced my life and gave me life long friends.