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Diversity affects everyone. It’s for this reason that diversity has bee such a buzz word. The buzz happens because it’s all about how you handle it. It’s very much like the job a poser has when creating a great musical position. If the poser understands what each unique note and dynamic mark is capable of in bination with the other parts, the result achieved is extraordinary. If, however, none of the parts is municating with the others, we’re left with a cacophony(刺耳的聲音 ). On a personal level. it’s this understanding and acceptance of “the other” which rests at the core of diversity. Whether we’re talking about navigating through a multicultural urban environment or uprooting and moving to a new foreign social context, it is necessary to set aside rigid assumptions about “the other” and put oneself in the other39。 in fact they did nothing of the kind, but children were then too cowed to let them know how they really felt. Today we tend to go to the other extreme, but on the whole this is a healthier attitude both for the child and the parent. It is always wiser and safer to face up to reality, however painful it may be at the moment. 1. According to the passage, children would arouse parents39。 parents. Such a loss of dignity and descent into childish behavior on the part of the adults deeply shocks the adolescents, and makes them resolve that in future they will not talk to their parents about the place or people they visit. Before very long the parents will be plaining that the child is so secretive and never tells them anything, but they seldom realize that they have brought this on themselves. Disillusionment with the parents, however good and adequate they may be both as parents and as individuals, is to some degree inevitable. Most children have such a high ideal of their parents, unless the parents themselves have been unsatisfactory, that it can, hardly hope to stand up to a realistic evaluation. Parents would be greatly surprised and deeply touched if they realized how much belief their children usually have in their character and infallibility, and how much this faith means to a child. If parents were prepared for this adolescent reaction, and realized that it was a sign that the child was growing up and developing valuable powers of observation and independent judgment they would not be so hurt, and therefore would not drive the child into opposition by resenting and resisting it. The adolescent, with his passion for sincerity, always respects a parent who admits that he is wrong, or ignorant, or even that he has been unfair or unjust. What the child cannot five is the parent39。t sue and costs of a lawsuit outweigh potential benefits. 2. The labor market experiment in Boston shows that A. younger male applicants are more likely to be hired than their female counterparts. B. age discrimination is quite mon in hiring process. C. the author collected information by interviewing female applicants. D. female applicants who are 50 years old will never have a chance to get a job. 3. What may lead to the increase of discrimination lawsuits during times of high unemployment?