Importance Of Cultural Differences

Witness is a film which explores the differences between the modern American and traditional Amish communities. Directed by Australian Peter Weir, the film is set in 1985, in Pennsylvania, America. Rachel Lapp and her young son, Samuel, leave the Amish community to travel to Baltimore to visit Rachel’s sister. Whilst waiting at the train station Samuel enters the bathroom where he witnesses a murder of a police officer. This involves the appropriately named honest detective John Book, who investigate the murder and does things by the book. Witness brings together two different worlds and explores the effects. Witness also discusses organizational culture in its revelations of the Philadelphia police force’s entrenched corruption.

According to Maya Angelou, Amy tan, Chia-Fang (Sandy) Hsu, Janell Hobson, Yong Chen, Felicia F. Thomas, and Fuchs Lawrence, culture is what brings a community together as one. In “Champions of the World,” “Fish Cheeks,” “Acculturation and communication Traits: A Study of Cross-cultural Adaptation among Chinese in America,” “Between History and Fantasy: Harriet Tubman in the Artistic and Popular Imaginary,” “Recreating the Chinese American Home through Cookbook Writing,” “African American and Socialization,” and “Immigration, Multiculturalism, and American history”. All the authors mention and talk about how important is to know once culture. For generation culture has been what makes America so unique among

Cultural competences are behaviours, values, attitudes and policies that a body of professionals should encompass in order to effectively work with other cultures (Bureau of Primary Health Care 2005). Culture includes shared values, beliefs, religion, norms and customs. Competence is the ability to function as an individual and part of a team (Office of Minority Health 2017). According to Mayhew cultural competence also involves the impact that culture has on how an individual perceives health, illness and recovery (Mayhew 2016). The Georgetown University emphasized that cultural competence is being able to provide health services that meet social, cultural and language needs of service users. There are different definitions because cultural competency can be viewed from different angles. One angle is from the healthcare professional and what skills they require in order to present cultural competency. The second view is from the service users and one’s culture may affect their perception of health.

In the criminal justice system cultural concerns and influences in today’s societies have its positive and negative aspects. Cultural concerns and influences raises a lot of attention of the affect it has on justice and the security administration. In this paper it will first discuss how cultural concerns and influence affect the justice and security administration and its practices. Second, what contemporary methods are used in the societies of mixed cultures? Third, what influences and considerations that relates to and affect nondiscrimination practices within the criminal justice system. Finally, in this paper it will discuss Sir

Over the past 100 years, the United States has changed the way it views other cultures including more respect, equality, and freedom for all people. As much as America has grown, has America really changed that drastically? Across the nation and world, cultural differences still exist, misunderstandings continue, and fighting persists. Recent attacks within the United States that are similar to the conflicts between the Japanese and Americans in the early 1900’s include the 9/11 attack, the bombing at the Boston Marathon, and the mass shooting in Orlando.

There are cultural differences within all the communities that make up the world, we are constantly surrounded and reminded of these other cultures. In this paper cultural differences will be discussed from the film “Why Did I Get Married?” which is an African-American movie about the hardships one goes through in marriage, friendships, and trust. This paper is going to give specific examples of Hall’s perspective of culture on the screen and Hofstede’s five dimensions that are reflected in a particular pattern. Examples of both verbal and non verbal intercultural communication and how they relate to particular intercultural

I mentioned in my Journal 2 that my parents emphasized focusing on similarities you share with an individual rather than their difference. Though you have not been as exposed to many people from different backgrounds, it is important that note that you are open to learning more about different cultures. I firmly believe learning about those different than yourself is a way of growth both intellectually and socially. It is also important as future educators that we realize that our classroom has a possibility of being very diverse or lack diversity. Regardless, of the classroom racial demographics we must be able to effectively reach and teach every student. We must develop an equitable classroom on different spectrums and awareness of cultures is one to accomplish

CR’s current mental health condition runs alongside many potential risk factors within her social location including: Working-class, immigrant family, with moderate to low English speaking skills (used when necessary) that lives in an industrial city. Her mother is well intentioned but difficult to deal with and her anxiety as such is a risk factors, including the mother’s suspicion of mental health professionals and her belief that CR’s hospitalization stems from dead relatives causing mischief. Also, CR’s father’s lack of confidence in his fluency in English with the treatment team also poses as a risk factor, as he may be hindered in totally engaging with the treatment team and thus less

I have always embraced people from other cultures. I have never turned up my nose to them. I often ask about their foods and the different traditions that they have. I have a coworker that is from India which we have become good friends. When I see her eating or drinking something that I am not familiar with, I’ll inquire and she explains to me. She always ask if I want to try some of the foods that she eats. Sometimes I do and other times I don’t because of the spiciness of the food. I even have done some of the concoctions that she has made. One in particular, a little bit of apple cider vinegar, honey and a cup of hot water, I drink daily.

It is crucial to acknowledge the role patients’ families play in providing support, assistance, and provisions to their ill members. Here, we have learned that family members may shape or foretell behaviors and help us gain a more holistic assessment of the individual patient. I will admit during the hustle and bustle of my shifts I am at times strictly patient focused. This class had not only taught me that sometimes I need to slow down and not only assess my patient and the disease but the family structure, culture, stress, priorities, which may support a long-term recovery. I have found myself always being culturally sensitive, but this class has taught me that partnering with patients’ family members can deliver holistic care to my

"Culture is more often a source of conflict than of synergy. Cultural differences are nuisance at best and often a disaster." - Dr. Geert Hofstede

Cultural lifestyle differences offer some explanations. There is a strong sense of victim blaming, where those of higher standing believe racial minorities do not take care of themselves.

The following are some of the noticeable cultural differences that Todd encountered upon arriving in India:

My family arrived to the United States somewhat recently. Until recently they were Mexican, following all the cultural norms from Mexico. My parents now live in the U.S. My father speaks English while my mom struggles with it more. My siblings and I are fluent in English, and have grown up within the United States. We are surrounded by American media and entertainment. However, we are familiar with the Spanish language and celebrate Mexican traditions. I married a a lady of Filipino decent. I am one of the first in my family, including extended family to marry not only outside my race, but outside the immediate state I come from in Mexico. Interracial marriage can be said to be part of the U.S. culture as few other countries enjoy the diversity that exists in the U.S., more specifically the diversity found in California.

In this paper I will discuss Cultural Relativism and argue that the cultural difference argument is not a sound one, because its premise does not prove or disprove its conclusion. Further, I will use this to prove that morals can be objectively true and do not have to change on a culture to culture basis. Cultural Relativism theorizes the nature of morality and whether moral truths are correct even if they are not agreed on across all cultures.