Music esssay. Diversity and Inclusion Definitions.

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Diversity involves human differences in terms of race, ethnicity, gender, age, social class, religion believes, and physical abilities and attributes. On the other hand, inclusion refers to empowerment and recognition of human dignity. Inclusion respects and values people's talents, backgrounds, beliefs, and their way of living. Social conflicts involve the struggle for power in society, and they occur when two parties oppose each other (Ferris State University para.2). The conflict emerges when the parties involved try to exert power so that they can achieve their objectives. This paper seeks to address diversity and its impacts on social conflicts. In the paper, I will also use an example of historical music known as race music, to elaborate on how diversity affected the black Americans who lived in Europe in the 20th century.
Diversity plays a significant role in causing social conflicts. For example, some factors such as racism and ethnicity contributed to social conflicts in Europe in the 20th century. Racism was the main factor that led to oppression, slavery, and segregation of African American people in Europe. The whites used the terms race music and race records to categorize black American music. In the ancient days, black American music was segregated from white music (Rummel, chap.27). Black Americans artists (being from a different race) were not allowed to perform in the white venues, and their music was not played on the radio. This made the black American music to be only famous to the blacks. In the 1920s, the black Americans had released about 10,000 blue songs, 1,750 gospel songs, and 3,250 jazz. But, due to the race differences, their music was not popular, and they g...