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Is culture identity really useful in today's day and age?

Would it be more useful to have identity which is based on the things people do or practice ? It gives I think a much clearer and useful order to diversity.
Instead of I'm part Irish part Scottish it's would be I'm part teacher, Buddhist, psychologist, similar worldist, etc.

Just a thought what do you think would it work?

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Wraithorn · 51-55, M

I don't know , it's a tricky subject. I think that whatever kind of labels we use there is going to be a potential for discrimination.
What if someone is a retired Atheist who used to work on a sewage farm.
I used to know a guy who worked in a funeral parlour. His job was sewing closed all the orifaces in the bodies of corpses who would have an open coffin funeral.
He would say, "I spent my days sewing corpses buttholes and vaginas closed so they wouldn't leak during the funeral." Although it's an honourable job I think he would be discriminated against.

John2019 · 36-40, M

@Wraithorn It sure gives more awareness of the person. Also I have learnt things from you response that I don't know what to file under in my brain. But you see what I mean much more descriptive if we use activities to describe people instead of other labels

Wraithorn · 51-55, M

@John2019 Yes, I see what you mean. What someone does can give you an idea what they have experienced in life which gives you an idea of what they may be like as people.

On the other hand it can also give people a totally false idea about who or what you are based on preconceived ideas that they have.

Example : I am South African and was a policeman for 21 years. Combine that with the fact that I am a White dude and it will most likely give you a very wrong impression of me.

flashywords · 36-40, F

I love my cultural identity.
As well as my personal identity.

sighmeupforthat · 46-50, M

seems a few here are afraid of diversity, i'd put a damper on that.

:P

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