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How one person perceives love can be completely different from another person based on how they grew up. Love can mean responsibility and seriousness in places like Russia. It can mean selflessness and enlightenment in places like Japan. In Finland, […]

Family. One word. Six letters. Many stories. As talked about in Part I and II of this three-part series, diversity and family bring many people together. In Part I, Lia Nelson-James’ story highlighted the cultural aspect and traditions of the […]

Every person in the world has a unique story. These can come from different families, ethnicities, cultures, experiences, and traditions. In the first part of this three-part series, Lia Nelson-James’ life is going to be under the spotlight. She is […]

Robert Mairley “You have to have an open mind.” Mairley is an African-American man who was born and raised in Memphis, Tennessee. Cultural discovery has affected his cultural worldview. 1. The Military Let’s start when Mairley first “met and associated […]

Any of the stunning literary works from the time in American history known as the Harlem Renaissance merit reading and study. For both their unique style and historical importance these writings and their authors present intriguing portraits of a time […]

10 surprising multicultural celebrities You can’t always tell everything about a person just by the way they look. Here are a few celebrities that you would be surprised to learn are multicultural. 1. Steve Jobs – He will go down in […]

Terry McMillan, author of Who Asked You, Waiting to Exhale, and other fiction and non-fiction books, spoke about her work to a rapt audience in Northern Colorado this February. As a black woman, McMillan writes stories based on African American characters, as […]