I'm getting a Diversity class together for April 24th. The point is to teach REALTORS(R) how to work with people from another culture without offending or making either side uncomfortable.



This is harder than you might think at first. Speaking in generalities and using very broad strokes:



Did you know that a culturally aware person might know better than to show an Asian person a white house?



A "GREEN" House in the US means that the home impacts our earth in positive ways, built by and for ecologically aware humans. But, if you pull up in front of a house with a green roof with a Chinese couple, the man might decide that you think his wife is cheating on him.


Some Native Americans would react very badly to a home with gray or black trim, while I think that black trim on a white house is just beautiful.

To some Middle Easterners a blue house is very auspicious, while to my Cherokee friend blue is the color of defeat and trouble.

In China, yellow is a wonderful color that signifies growth and prosperity, while in Egypt yellow is the color of mourning.

So there - I just gave you a 5 minute slice of the 6 hour course. Some people say, "Why, that's ridiculous! Those people need to understand how we do it here in America! Why do WE have to learn how THEY think? It oughta be the other way around!" These are the people that absolutely need to be in a Diversity course, don't you think? If you said something like this, get your butt to Sedona on the 24th.