The documentary movie “Cold Water”, produced by Noriko Ogami in 1986, demonstrates how different people feel and what kind of experiences they have when they first come to live in the U.S. All of those people have something in common about their experiences in a new culture; all of them experiences culture shock in some ways. Dr. Robert Kohls, the Executive Director of Washington International Center, describes a state of being in a culture shock as “when you realize by living in a new culture that your own values are being brought into question.” He farther states that when individuals step into another culture, they begin to doubt their own values. Values, which they were taught about by their relatives and environment. Immigrants begin to question those values because they see that values of people from different culture are different and work well for those people. Due to this, immigrants realize that they have to adjust to new values and even act as they are their own. However, it is hard to be themselves if they have to change their perspective. This is what happens when individuals experience culture shock.…
Although a culture may present a set of values and approved ways of behaving, individuals may struggle against the values even if they abide by them in their behavior.…
The country I chose to write about is China. The Chinese culture is one that has been forming for centuries due to the country’s rich history. China has always been known as a communist country, but recently it has been phasing out those practices and replacing them with capitalist practices. A custom that is very relevant in their culture is their emphasis on family lineage. Many men are expected to marry in order to carry on their family names (Hitton). This custom pressured women into giving birth to male children so that the family name could be passed on (Hitton). Family respect is also important to their culture. The elders of the family are always honored and obeyed above other members. Due to their communist history, group work has a bigger emphasis than individual work (Hitton). For example, if one fails to…
America.” I believe this caused for the American people to loose sight of ethical practices like…
people of different backgrounds come to see themselves as part of a larger national family…
backgrounds. Culture is what unites us as human beings; it also divides us into different ethic…
New England colonists had tapped into a sprawling Atlantic trade network that connected them to the English…
Have you ever stopped to think about how other cultures may behave and act differently? What would one do if they were thrust into a completely different way of life? One would be surprised with exactly how different other societies act. People may understand the basics of a culture, but there are a lot of unexpected differences. There is more to a culture than what language they speak, what kind of food they eat, and the kind of people they are. The small things are what really tie a society together, and what really makes one culture discernable from another. People get so tied up in their own way of life and society, that they don’t spare a thought that another culture may be completely different from theirs. The essay, “My Watch…
Some of these determinants include social position, race, gender, the level of education, and the presence of a disability. Thus, a person not belonging to a particular category within these determinants is viewed as less capable of reasoning and reaching ethical decisions. In the United States, commonly, the more desirable characteristics of ethical rationality are those of the majority, for example, being an affluent, healthy, native-born North American white…
Our American Democracy supports several different types of interest groups. Private and Public Interest Groups, seek public policies that benefit economic interests. Business Interest Groups are umbrella organizations which include, small and large corporations, including the Chamber of Commerce whom represents more them 3 million individual businesses.…
In our world, other cultures believe different castes, are what determines your life. Where you’re born, what social class you…
The author’s goal of this essay is to show the ethnic differences and to make people aware how they are disrespectful of other cultures.…
cultural values of their parents and refused to assimilate into the established social and moral…
Cultural influences will guide the social identity an adolescent will take on. Most adolescents follow the current culture and will become any certain identity to “fit in”. The following are examples of what qualities of culture shape the identities of the adolescents; academics, religious functions and the “everyone does it” saying. Academics follow the generalization that if he doesn’t try then why should I try? (“Adolescent Development”). Often leading to an attitude found undesirable by parents. If an adolescent’s current culture is for staying devout to their God, then they will often follow this attitude to fit in and be like everyone else. The “everyone does it” saying is mainly used to make an individual give into a current cultural blemish and is related to peer pressure.…
culture and thus, we think and act as if we were like them. Where is…