'Why cultural diversity matters' - Ted Talk

Notes
- 7,000 languages approx.
> as many as half of those languages will disappear as people don't learn cultural diversity -> loss
- 'when we're talking about cultural diversity were talking about thousands of different ways to see the world and our place in it'
- 'culture involves the rights of people [...] to determine the future of their cultures'
- 'we need to recognise that culture is not static. [...] It belongs to people'
- 'Increasingly, [...] small number of cultural groups are determining the shape and fabric of society. These groups are determining the systems of law, of education, of economies'.
> imbalance of power in society driving the loss of cultural diversity
- Schools: taught in English in the majority of other countries - imbalance of power
> the systems constrain kindergarten teachers
>> lessons are embedded in culture (increasingly in one culture - Western)
- power spread unevenly across our societies
- create system which celebrate cultural diversity, explore differences and embrace multiple ways of thinking