The Importance Of Cultural Differences

On HBO’s, Crashbox, they host a segment called “Poop or Scoop”, where they spout out could be trivia facts and ask the audience (you and whoever is watching T.V. with you) whether it is true or false. What I am going to do in this essay is describe and critique the premises for the argument and then, I am going to advocate that the cultural differences argument has some true points but also has some points of fault. Then, for arguments sake, I am going to assume that it is completely true and decide whether the conclusion follows and lastly, I am going to talk about if the implications of the conclusion were true and then if they were false. So, on to the premises of the cultural differences argument.

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.

In America and other countries of similar and contrasting cultures, we like to be right, we like to be on top, and we want to be recognized for both respectively. Competition is an underlying theme in so much of what we do in our daily lives. Whether it’s getting a better grade on a test than your friend, winning a football game or even speeding up faster than the car next to you when the light turns green. Competition, whether we like it or not, surrounds us and we participate in it willingly. We all want to stand on that podium and receive the gold medal, for then we are better than someone else and we can look down upon him or her because we have achieved something they have not. This competition and trying to be better than the person

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

The author tried comparing cultures and saying how one specific would have a different meaning than the other. The author could have done better supporting his main idea with better textual evidence that did not come off as stereotypical. For example he tried comparing Hispanics, Chinese, and the Americans. One example from the text that came off as a bit stereotypical was when he made a comment about the Hispanic woman. Rodriguez said “Hispanic woman are hired to be at the center of the American family- to babysit and diaper, to cook and clean and to ease the dying” (261). Not all Hispanic woman come to America to work that way therefore the author was being a bit stereotypical.

Everyone has a different way of life, whether it be by the way you talk, dress, or eat. Or maybe how you dance, sing, and perform. These aspects of everyday life is called culture. Everybody in the world has a culture, but not all cultures are the same from person to person. In the book, The Miles Between, a group of teens, who attend a boarding school, have a different way of life than I do. Even though there is many differences between our cultures, there are still some similarities peeping through all the differences.

A variety of key cultural differences shape the behaviors and attitudes within both the United States and Japan. Key cultural differences as defined by the Hofstede model, such an individualistic society versus a collective society, short term orientation versus long term orientation, as well as direct communication style versus indirect communication style. This paper will focus on the key cultural difference within business communication styles of both. Then, it will conclude with analyzing any adjustments that would need to be made in order to conduct business in Japan.

Understanding the differences in a culture is key when traveling or living in another country. Something that can be offensive in one place is perfectly acceptable in another. Just because something is accepted somewhere does not mean we as Christians should except or even tolerate it. There are cultures that do not believe in God that are acceptable to work with and it can be done in a way that shows them the love of God and there are specific cultures that as Christians we cannot. It is important to understand the difference and be prepared for the situation. Strabo was the Roman geographer who traveled to different cities around the time of Jesus birth. He wrote the following about Corinth

Cultural Differences and CommunicationMrs. Gemma Nowakis a 73-year-old widower, with a 41-year-old sonwho hasbeen trying to care for her mother since her husband had died. She lives in Louisville, Kentucky, with her son. Shespeaks English enough to understand a little, she spent herlife working as a seamstress since she was a 12-year-old girl. She has developed some hearing issuesandis wearing a hearing aid on her left ear. Her dominant language is Polish, so her sontends to translate for his motherwhen it is needed. Mrs. Nowakcame into the clinic today at the request of her son, who came in with her. Shetends to be stubborn and old fashioned when it comes to medical treatment. She believes that she can treat illness withonly natural herbs and teas, but not medicines, only Tylenol to alleviate some discomfort or pain but none other,and this medication of course is sold over the counter.

Hi, Feng. This is a well written argument. I entirely agree with your augment and it has a good flow and a good evidence to support your opinion. Still personally, I think it would be better if you use cultural difference rather than saying that people at rural area does not believe in science. It has sort of indication that they are barbaric people who only believe God’s words. Even though according to cross examination Bryan’s words dies reflect that idea though I think that is not the only reason why two sides of America have cultural gap. I would say that rural area people does not like influence from new modernized and provocative mass media like Hollywood movies and advertising. They have different perspectives on altering culture.

The United States is not just a country. You may think America is just like the others, but in reality, America is like the pink crayon in the box of all red crayons. America accepts you to be free-spirited and accepts you for you. American citizens are all connected in some way, shape, or form. We may all have different beliefs and different appearances, but that is the difference between The United States and other countries.

For every new ideology there is a set of preexisting cultural guidelines that have to be followed in order for that society to be able to function cohesively. Each ideology shares a core set of ideals; in America our core ideology is that in which every individual has the right to have and pursue our own happiness, passions and ideas and express our own individuality within the societal norms that have taught to us through our social communication and upbringing.

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.

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