...“Clash not Culture” Cultural differences in a post-Cold War era will not empirically lead to more frequent and violent conflicts between civilizations, regardless of their relationship or proximity to each other. As proven through history, conflict is inevitable and today theorists continue to debate where and why the next war will occur. Our world is a mist a diverging global society with non-state actors competing for new world order. Many states are suffering great turmoil, while others are gaining economic strength and power. Although the world has reached a point that we are poised for conflict, there has actually been a decline in conflict among civilizations. Among those that are geographically positioned for a border dispute, there has been no significant increase in conflict. Many would argue that clashes between western civilizations and non-western civilizations should be at the top of the list, but this has not been the case either. Conflict and war has occurred since the beginning of man and has been recorded right along religious strife. Conflict occurs for several basic reasons including: an attempt to increase a standard of living, to prevent a decrease in a standard of living, greed-more power and territory, religious idealism, and corrupt governments. When developing an analysis to determine the next confrontation, there are several points that must be considered: relative power of non-state ...
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...Clash of Cultures Complete the grid by describing the characteristics of three groups of peoples: Native Americans, colonists, and West Africans. Native Americans Northern colonists Mid-Atlantic colonists Southern colonists West Africans Economic structure Exchanged jewelry, food, trading routes. Built up a farm and traded far. Where mostly traders and agriculturists. Specialized in far trading. Revenue from livestock, tobacco, sugar, and corn provided bulk of the income. Gold from Ghana was particularly famous. Political structure Tribal men formed united that stood in all sorts of situations. Women were allowed to enjoy limited freedom I some cultures. Two separate houses linked under a Royal contract. Aboard of directors made up one group. While the other was larger house consisting of deputies elected on popularly basis. Villages The early southern colonies were almost entirely agriculture instead of trade like the northern colonies. They were ruled by a Governor sent from England who followed rules from the planter class (the people who owned the land). Their political structure was a strong central government, much like they were used to from their lives in England West African politics shared common religious beliefs and a common system of land ownership. They lived in decentralized societies where political power resided in associations of men and women. Social system Most tribes were based on clan system, which is where tribes was divided into a number of large...
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...In, Bend it Like Beckham, the main character Jess, lives in a Panjabi immigrant community and is not alone in the challenges she faces as she tries to balance her cultural heritage with the western influence that she encounters in the surrounding English community. Jess must deal with the wants and restrictions of her family while trying to be a part of the western culture she is exposed to at the soccer league. I lived the past two years in Hong Kong and I watched my fellow students struggle with the same dilemma. My classmates and friends tried to blend their culture and parental expectations with their own goals and desire to adopt many elements of western society. Nowhere was this more evident than in my acedemic improvement. Chris, a close friend of mine in Hong Kong, went through a similar experience as he tried to pursue a career in acting and yet live up to the expectations of his father who wanted his son to follow him into the family business. He had to juggle the norms of his traditional Chinese parents with his own wants. I moved to Hong Kong two years ago with my family where I attend the Canadian International School. It was quite an experience. We moved into an area where many of the tycoons of China live. All the children who live there attend private school and many are enrolled in the international schools because their parents want them to become more worldly and to be ready for the global society that Asia is fast becoming. For many of the students...
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...Carpet Capital Culture Clash Issues The primary subject matter of this case concerns the issues faced in an U.S. company with a large percentage of immigrant Latino workers and the resulting interaction with their original Anglo workforce. There are numerous cultural misunderstandings in this case study between Anglo and Latino workforce. The Human Resource Department is unclear how to address the issues facing in the company. The restroom One of the cultural challenges that company is facing is soiled toilet paper scattered or piled all over the plant’s bathroom floors. In Mexico and other Latin American countries, the sewer or wastes pipes leading from the building are usually small in diameter compared with U.S. standards. In addition, the water pressure or volume generated is also less and toilets are much more prone to clogging. Individuals are taught at an early age to dispose their used toilet tissue into the basket provided. It is very much possible that restrooms at the company sites do not provide waster basket for used toilet tissues disposal. Or there is no sign in the restroom to let Latino workers know that their toilets have plenty of horsepower to flush away anything. Banking The Mexican banking system is much different than most Anglo Americans are used to. Mexicans distrust banking system due to history of corruption in Mexico. Many of them choose to keep their money in their house. Furthermore, many Mexican immigrants, in fact, immigrants in the U...
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...Culture clash: Opportunity or conflict? By - Judah L. Ronch, PhD We talk a lot about culture change, but what is it about the culture that needs to be changed, and which culture are we talking about? In all community care settings, there are actually a few cultures that come together and, sometimes, collide. We have examined culture before and used Edgar Schein's definition, which we have loosely summarized as “the way we do things around here.” 1 This definition applies to both the culture in the community where we are giving care and to the culture of the family from which this person has come, and sometimes these are the cultures that clash. 2 CONFLICTING CULTURES The culture of many healthcare environments, including residential care for elders, often follows traditionally hierarchic models in which the patient's schedule is determined by the schedules of the workday and shifts, task lists and power structure. In contrast to this, many families follow a more collaborative style of care, where family members consult with each other about how best to meet the needs of the elder. When the family member comes in and, because of a prior caregiving relationship or simply because they know and are concerned about the elder, assumes he or she is part of the care team in the community, we sometimes find ourselves with a problem. Perhaps we bristle at having a professional opinion questioned; perhaps we assume the family member is an adversary, taking time from our...
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...The "In Praise of the Clash of Cultures", published in the New York Times, is a piece that raises many questions about morals and the interaction between humans. Journalist Carlos Fraenkel, begins his argument by posing a drastic and somewhat harsh statement. "They wanted to save my soul from eternally burning in hell by converting me to Islam. I wanted to save them from wasting their real life for an illusory afterlife by converting them to the secular worldview I grew up with." This claim makes the point of his piece extremely apparent and also acts as a "hook" that draws readers attention. He then goes on to explain the details: result of conversation, why these opinions exist, how this affects us in society today, and what we can do about these circumstances in order to enrich the quality of our lives. These sub claims lead the to the main question: what should be done? I believe that Fraenkel has many valid points and I do believe that an effort for unity and respect should be at least attempted for, if not achieved completely....
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...Clash of Cultures Cole Jacobsen HIS/110 September 28, 2015 Andre P. Tijerina Clash Of Cultures There is an ugly part of history when it comes to discussing the treatment of the Native Americans by the Colonists. It makes sense that some of the truths of history seem to evade young children’s history books during their early years of education. However, as we become older, the real history is revealed. Through seemingly any means necessary the colonists eventually won over the land they landed on from England. Their biggest reason for victory, however, was unintended. You could call it biological warfare before there was even such a thing or term. When the colonists came to the New World they brought something hidden that the Native Americans never saw coming. The Colonists main weapon was called disease. When the Europeans made their way across the Atlantic Ocean, they were armed with microbes that had never before been introduced to the new world. The Columbian Exchange is a term that has been coined describing the introduction of new animals, plants and technology ideas by the Europeans to the New World. The introduction of new disease worked the other way around in regards to the introduction of new things being taken back to Europe from the New World. Many of the new things brought forth to the new world had positive economic impact. Unfortunately, with these new additions to life in the new world came the unintentional introduction...
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...Clash of Cultures Ryan Westlie HIS/110 Clash of Cultures The Deerfield Massacre was a blood moment in history. Deerfield became fallout from Queen Anne’s War which lasted from 1702-1713. This was the second French and Indian war fought between France and England. Like most of the wars fought on American soil before it was the country we know today, land was the interest of the conflict. Native Americans played a significant role in these conflicts, and on February 29th 1704 the war found its way into Deerfield Massachusetts. Deerfield was an English settlement that housed men, women, and children. This small village was no stranger to raids. A little more than twenty five years earlier Deerfield was evacuated after several attacks that almost killed all the adult males in the village. The English and local tribes clashed several times over the years. Losses on all side, including the French whom had started small attacks around the areas with the Indians. Deerfield was on high alert, knowing that there would be retaliation. Though they never though that an attack would happen during the hard winter like it did. In fact, the local militia was order to return home because it was thought winter was not the time for warfare. The leader of the raid a loyal Frenchman called Jean-Baptiste Hertel de Rouville, had a force of about 250 combatants. Mostly Indian, forty eight of them were French. After taking on an additional thirty to forty Penacook Indians, they numbered...
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...Associate Level Material Appendix A Clash of Cultures Complete the grid by describing the characteristics listed in the left-side column for the five groups named. | |Native Americans |Northern Colonists |Mid-Atlantic Colonists |Southern Colonists |West Africans | |Political Structure|Every village had their own chief.|Handenosaunee Confederation. |People came together for decisions|Hierarchical Political |The kingdom of Guana ruled all of | | |The elders were also someone the |Believed in keeping the peace no |and they elected one person over |Organization- one person ruled |West Africa | | |village could come to for advice. |matter what |the colony. Like we elect a |everyone | | | | | |president today. | | | |Social System |The elders were the most |There were many Small villages, |Wealthy famers or urban merchants |Wealthy Planter were the highest |Wealthy and poor | | |respected, Warriors were the ones |one person would be over many of | |though of...
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...Clash of Cultures Rebecca Howard University of Phoenix The different between slaves and indentures servants can often be blurred. Slaves are the property of their masters, they have no freedom and they have no rights. Slaves are considered property for as long as they live. Indentured servants are different than slaves because they are given freedom after a certain period of time. A set amount of time is agreed upon for the servant to work in order to work off something such as coming to foreign land such as the United States. The servant can exchange services and work for clothing, food, housing or transportation during the years that the servant is indentured. Most of the servants are young and most do manual labor or work within the home. Once the time that was agreed upon has passed, the contract is then terminated and the individual can then begin making a better life for themselves. Individuals then have a right to hold a job that means something to them in addition to voting and owning a home. Before the American Civil War slaves and indentures servants both were seen as property. Not long after laws were put into place to protect the right of the servants in addition to removing the stigma that surrounded the thought that slaves were property. Slaves unlike servants could be bargained for, sold or exchanged. In the case of indentured servants, only the contract can be bargained for or bought. Slavery began in the 1400s and continued to increase in the 1500s and...
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...Clash of Cultures Complete the grid by describing the characteristics of three groups of peoples: Native Americans, colonists, and West Africans. | |Native Americans |Northern colonists |Mid-Atlantic colonists |Southern colonists |West Africans | |Political structure|Tribal leaders |May flower Compact, William |Overseen by proprietor, Lord |Virginia Company of London ( Royal|Climate and Geography ( big | | |Land was customarily common, |Bradford |Baltimore, autocratic ( House of |colony ruled by governor chosen by|influences | | |enslavement happened but not in | |Burgesses |the king |Trade routes | | |severity | | | |Kingdoms | | |Iroquois Confederacy: strategy to | | | | | | |protect from attack. | | | |...
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...Associate Level Material Appendix A Clash of Cultures Complete the grid by describing the characteristics listed in the left-side column for the five groups named. | |Native Americans |Northern Colonists |Mid-Atlantic Colonists |Southern Colonists |West Africans | |Political Structure|Politics advanced in large |Participated in discussions, took |The Middle Colonies were generally|The southern colonies had a |Politics advanced in large | | |kingdoms that oversaw and |votes on projects and taxes. Laws |run by Royal or Proprietary |governor and a council appointed |kingdoms that oversaw and | | |protected their citizens and that |were based on common law to do |Governors and elected Colonial |by the crown, and an assembly |protected their citizens and that | | |allowed for expansive lines of |God’s duty in the land he had |Assemblies. Many Middle Colony |or house of representatives that |allowed for expansive lines of | | |trade. |given them |constitutions guaranteed freedom |was elected by the people. The |trade. | | | | |of religion and forbade taxation |governor...
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...“Clash of the Cultures” In the story, Blue Winds Dancing, by Tom Whitecloud, the plot is driven by the conflict the narrator faces. Whitecloud, reveals distinctions between Indian and white cultures by examining his narrator’s view on civilization in order to show how identity is constructed and influenced by our societies. Moreover, the conflict is rooted in the narrators opposing views of the two cultures to which he belongs. His views are much more tranquil compared to those of the society where men strive for materialistic pleasures. Therefore, only by a reconciliation of these views will the narrator finally resolves his conflict. At the beginning of the story the narrator presents his views about life. He describes the peace that he feels when he is back home in Wisconsin. However, he also mentions how such peace is completely lost in the everyday life of a big city. It is evident that the narrator has been educated and has lived in a big city for a long time, at least long enough to judge the quality of life in such an environment. The narrator expresses dissatisfaction with society, especially white society. He bluntly states I am tired. I am weary of trying to keep up this bluff of being civilized. Being civilized means trying to do everything you don’t want to, never doing anything you want to. He makes a clear contrast between white society and Native America society. Clearly, the narrator feels as if he is not fit for white society, after all, he is a Native American...
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...Culture Clash Kristin Thompson North Carolina Central University FCSC 3320 Professor Delicia Stewart-Muhammad 2/29/12 My friends and I decided to spend a day in New York City and after arriving by train we head for a restaurant that was recommended by a friend. Upon approaching the restaurant, I notice that there is a baby carriage containing an infant parked on the sidewalk in front of the restaurant. It appears that the infant is unattended. And upon entering the restaurant, I notice two things in particular. One, the place is packed but there is a table left for me and my friends. And two, from inside the restaurant, the baby carriage is no longer visible. I am very concerned about the unattended infant. I am concerned about the safety and well being of this child as well as the location, well being and mindset of the parents. I would immediately notify the manager so that he could possibly page or locate the parents in case they were inside the restaurant. If that fails I would then call 911 and report to the police that there is a child left unattended outside of a restaurant and my concerns for the child. If the parents are in the restaurant and they identify themselves, I would definitely say something to them. I would react out of anger and concern for the child. Initially, I would not consider culture, but afterwards I may take that into account for their actions. For example, if they were Scandinavian I may understand their actions...
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...Cultural Clash: An American in China This past summer I had the opportunity to do an accounting internship in Beijing, China. I was really excited to go overseas to a country that is a big economic leader and has many ancient and cultural sites to visit. I had gotten my visa and passport, and was told that staff members of my internship program will pick me up at the airport in Beijing. In my mind, everything was going accordingly. Unfortunately, my flight from Chicago had a two-hour delay and so I ended up arriving one whole day late to Beijing. That meant that nobody was going to pick me up at the airport and I had to get to my apartment complex all by myself. This wouldn’t be as much of a problem if I knew how to speak Mandarin. I learned that in Beijing, not very many people speak English; not even a few words. From my American perspective, I thought what kind of country doesn’t even speak English, especially taxi drivers! At the airport a taxi driver approached me and asked if I needed assistance. I thought that the taxi drivers hear provide great hospitality, however I was wrong. I later learned that I had gotten into a ‘black cab’. I ended up paying 400 Yuan for what should’ve been a 100-150 Yuan expense. Another instance in which language was a major barrier/obstacle was during my first day of work. The staff members of the internship program said they would drop interns off at their workplace on the first day of work, however interns must go home by themselves. After...
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