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Jessica Cho
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Should cultures be mixed?
September 2, 2002 - 01:08 AM
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Hello, people around the world! 
How are you? My name is Jessica, im 17, korean, and currently living in Argentina. Ive been living here since i was 5. I was born in California, US.
Sometimes, i get confused with my identity. You know, like how am i supposed to act? Is that correct in my culture...?
But what is my culture?
Asian and European culture are very different. European culture is more liberal, it has more freedom in some aspects, that asian culture hasnt. Korean culture has more respect in tradition and old people... im not saying that european people dont respect any of that, just that asians give more enfasis on both of them.
Thats why maybe that sometimes I cant stay with my friends late at night, or I cant do many things that my friends do.
So... heres my question...
Should my parents be more open to the culture theyre living with... or remain the same and continue pushing with the old one?
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September 2, 2002 - 01:49 AM
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One line struck me from that movie.
"All entities throughout the galaxies know when the things they do are right or wrong".(Something like that!)
Many cultural ideas or events may be good for that nation or group involved but may have had negative reprocussions to others in the past.
Take the present "royalty" lifestyles of the worlds rich people and what It does to the poor of the world. To have time and resources to *party does not always make it right to participate even though this is how we are encouraged to keep the ways of the past and present going. Keeping those in control where they are.
*many definitions!
The tasting of cultural differences is a must if we are to go global. How else would we know what to keep, cherish or discard or put aside if mankind decides to build a better world for all of its inhabitants.
To indulge in what seems or feels wrongful to others must and should be avoided.
Curiosity is natural, your parents too, should partake in other cultural ways of living.
Either way, be honest and truthful to yourself and them.
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Yago Stecher
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Interculturalism, multiculturalism
September 2, 2002 - 02:48 AM
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Hi, i'm Yago Stecher, 18 year old student from moreno, BA, Argentina (yeeaahh!).
I think this "culture mixing" thing is related to what globalisation means and the future that we're supposed to inherit. I'm in college, in a degree in managment for multinational corporations. But the thing is that this degree whas thought not to "embrace" globalisation, but also not to punish it.
Intercultural Economic Managment (the name of the degree) was thought to create a better globalisation. You see, USA and its corporations are trying to gain terrain, no matter what. They want everybody to act, talk and think as an american. This degree was born in europe, where germans thought it was better if we could respect each others cultures by learning about them. For example, a german multinational corporation like Bayer or Mercedes Benz comes to argentina. They make us learn about them and their language, and students from germany will to the same with argentina, they will learn spanish and read traditional literature.
And there is the key of the question: germans (and most europeans) try to keep globalisation alive, but not by stepping into other cultures (the so called "primary cultures" and "secondary cultures" thing). They make each culture respect and learn from the other. That is why i began this carreer. I hope people start thinking this way, too.
Cultures shouldn't mix, but they should learn from each other (thismeans, pluralism has to exsist, but not making us all "different" and "annonymous" like the american government is doing - we should start practising "interculturalism" instead of "multiculturalism"
Yago Stecher
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Re: Should cultures be mixed?
September 2, 2002 - 07:24 AM
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The good thing about understanding other cultures is that it makes prejustice go away. Doesn't work for all I know. I like living in Canada cause you can learn about different cultures and ways of life without going too far. But also there is the whole trying to blend in, where you lose something, it seems, and not embrace your culture as much.
I have met a few people who get upset when people come here and don't at least try to learn the language. I can't say it's wrong for them to be upset, because if we can't comunicate then we can't learn, but at the same time getting upset at that dosen't seem right.
Goten a lil off topic but still, i think i have a point in there....
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Jessica Cho
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Re: Should cultures be mixed?
September 2, 2002 - 08:25 AM
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Hi, well...ive been thinking about it...
what im about to say has nothing to do with what i first wrote, but still...
I suddenly remembered a korean friend of mine who kinda was embarrased of being asian...i guess she was; cuz everytime someone asked her about her culture, she tried to change subjects, or..she remained quiet, blushed... and even said she didnt rememeber anything!
Is that she tried to forget who she was... she tried to get mixed with people from Argentina... i dont know...
Maybe when I was younger i was kind embarrased, cuz i thought everyone looked at me as if i was an alien... i dont know, because i look different... but now im more than ok, i even teach korean to my friends when they ask me to. So Im comfortable with who i am...
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Re: Should cultures be mixed?
September 2, 2002 - 09:52 AM
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Personally, i think there should be a balance. Parents should still emphasize there culture, in food, traditions, etc. But enforcing policies that aren't applicapable to where they are now can be unnecessary. See what i mean? Between rejecting their culture and following it precisely... i guess its easier said than done.
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