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Question-How can people from different culture’s get along?

  People come from all different cultures and background which makes our world a diverse place.  Sometimes it is difficult for people to understand and get along with people who come from different places.  In the film “My So-Called Enemy” for example, an organization brought girls from Israel and Palestine together to live amongst one another.  I think that it is important for things like this to happen because really deep down the girls were all equal to each other and the same. Their belief system may be very different but, overall they are human beings.  They all knew the hardships of the Israeli and Palestine conflict which affects both sides daily lives with constant military presence in their lives.  When two of the girls Hanin and Gal got into their confrontation or argument I think that was a good thing. 

   It was good that both girls were honest with each other and showed their true emotions.  You will not be able to move forward or resolve issues without seeing true opinions and their argument did that.  Having an open dialogue and not holding back is an important step in understanding somebody from a different place.  In any situation I believe using the community engagement philosophy is very important.  Working together is so important in understanding where a person comes from and it allows for a real and open conversation.  Having conversations is so important in finding a way to get along and understand someones background.  

“Chapter 11.” Intercultural Communication in Contexts: , by Judith N. Martin and Thomas K. Nakayama, 7th ed., McGraw-Hill Education , 2018, pp. 500

“My So Called Enemy” (Notes)

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Question: Why do people from different culture’s misunderstand each other?

I feel as though people from different culture’s misunderstand each other because of only knowing a certain way of life.  In the “Tales from Arab Detroit” video it is clear that there is a type of discrepancy in the way of life they live.  Because some of there values such as speaking a different language or the way  they worship is different to the mainstream American culture they can be discriminated against or ostracized.  For example, after the 9/11 attacks people would stereotype people if they had a darker skin tone.  The one lady from the video had her wedding but some of her family could not come because they were stereotyping people who looked as though they were muslim or Arab at airports in the United States.  What people did not realize then was that the horrible perpetrators of 9/11 did not represent a whole community of people and were not associated with peaceful Arab and muslim communities in the United States.  Americans had built in bias that went off assumption instead of fact.  They used the emotionally expressive approach which is a view for the best way to deal with conflict is to express one’s emotions.  That is where I think people were wrong because they were lashing out at the wrong people.  The folks from the Arab Detroit video are Americans.  So what the issue was, is that there was a perception that was wrong which lead people to  discriminate against them and just a general bias that some Americans had.  That is where the misunderstanding was and in time it has been corrected to an extent but the bias is still there in some cases.  

“Chapter 11.” Intercultural Communication in Contexts: , by Judith N. Martin and Thomas K. Nakayama, 7th ed., McGraw-Hill Education , 2018, pp. 452.

“Tales from Arab Detroit” (New Day Films) (notes)

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“Why do people from different cultures misunderstand each other?”

People from different cultures have a tendency to misunderstand each other.  It is an unfortunate occurrence that seems to happen all over the world and not even just in the United States.  The world is a very diverse place and people come from different places and backgrounds.  For example, according to the Blood Quantum article it discusses people who are asked what percentage they are of a certain background whether it be Cherokee Indian, or Italian it should not matter the percentage.  People are what they are no matter the “percentage” and that is the issue this article brought up especially in the American Indian community.  I believe that one of the things that lead to people misunderstanding each other is how they are so used to certain way of life.  It is sometimes difficult for people that are used to a certain way of life exposed to new ideas and way of life to adjust.

I feel that if people can be more open with others it could go a long way.  According to the “Ghosts of the Past” report misunderstandings of people of different cultures is clearly a global issue.  Religious diversity is very common in the United States and is very much apart of our culture but in Lebanon there have been problems for people of different beliefs to coexist together.  Palestinian, Christian, Muslim, Sunni, and other peoples have had very contensious relationship in that part of the world.  One of the positives that has brought people together there has been a shopping center and the entrepreneurial spirit that has  allowed people in the area of Lebanon to put aside differences and coexist.  Overall there are too many things that are similar about the human race to keep people apart and the differences should allow people to come together.

Berry, Christina. “Blood Quantum - Why It Matters, and Why It Shouldn't.” All Things Cherokee, 13 July 2018, www.allthingscherokee.com/blood-quantum/.

“Chapter 1.” Intercultural Communication in Contexts: , by Judith N. Martin and Thomas K. Nakayama, 7th ed., McGraw-Hill Education , 2018, pp.5.

Fordham, Alice. “Ghosts Of The Past Still Echo In Beirut's Fragmented Neighborhoods.” NPR, NPR, 2 Oct. 2014, www.npr.org/2014/10/02/353042413/ghosts-of-the-past-still-echo-in-beiruts-fragmented-neighborhoods.

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How does identity play a role in how people behave, are treated, organize (around a cause) or are discriminated against?

Based off of the article in “The Atlantic” about the wage gap I feel identity plays a significant role in in the jobs market.  The article debunks the idea of the wage gap to an extent by saying “A new survey from PayScale this morning finds that the wage gap nearly evaporates when you control for occupation and experience among the most common jobs, especially among less experienced workers. It is only as careers advance, they found, that men outpaced female earnings as they made their way toward the executive suite.”  This is important because the gap widens a bit as peoples careers develop which is when there is a discrepancy.  So, the way identity plays a role is that people can discriminate women and treat women differently based off of an idea of having men in higher positions.  Men are usually more often in higher paying jobs and positions when it comes to being a CEO or something along the lines of that.  Women could be treated differently if they are in a position of more responsibilities and power because society has over time given those types of jobs to men.

https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2013/05/the-biggest-myth-about-the-gender-wage-gap/276367/

“Chapter 5.” Intercultural Communication in Contexts: , by Judith N. Martin and Thomas K. Nakayama, 7th ed., McGraw-Hill Education , 2018, pp. 166–167.

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