1. 1.
Hi. I'm a presenter 서희림. My topic is
'cultural diversity in Korean society.'

2. 2.
Contents of my presentation consist of the
following;
first, the definition of the term
'cultural diversity', second, increasing trend of
cultural diversity in Korean society, third social
response to the trend, and lastly problem and
solution of it.

3. 3.
The definition of the term
Cultural diversity
the quality of diverse or different cultures, as opposed
to monoculture. The term is closely related to the term
'multiculturalism.'
Multiculturalism
refers to the simple fact of cultural diversity. It often
relates to communities containing multiple cultures
such as schools, businesses, neighborhoods, cities, or
nations.

4. 4.
These graphs are the index supporting the fact of
increasing diversity in today's society. Graph on
the left shows considerable number of
international marriage, and graph on the right
shows increasing diversity of cultural
backgrounds of students. On the basis on the
given statistics, Korean society is heading on its
way to Multicultural society.
Then how are we reacting to this new
sociocultural drift?

5. 5.
There have been many trials to overcome racism
and establish cultural relativism. Such trials include
making public campaigns encouraging elimination
of prejudice against different-looking people and
providing them with additional educational service
in Korean language or other values related to
Korean culture.
However, ironically this kind of social response
resulted in overly emphasizing Korean culture, in
other words, ethnocentrism.

6. 6.
Current education system forces different-looking
people to be like Korean, speak, act, and eat like
Korean. And we force majority of "korean-looking"
people to believe the others are actually also
Koreans without informing the significant value of
cultural diversity in global society.
The point here is; do they have to be traditional
about Korean culture more than normal people to
be respected in this society?

7. 7.
Along with educating them with Korean culture, overall
improvement in perception toward cultural diversity is
required in Korean society. People have to be aware
that Korean society is not a monocultural society and
develop proper understanding in the true meaning of
diversity. Improved perception will help broaden their
insight into multiculturalism rather than forcing, called,
"non-Koreans" to fit in the strict frame of being Korean.
In that way, people will have a respect toward others
even if their nationality is not Korea and that is one way
to build global citizenship in Korean society.