“Most of the time, our own cultures are invisible to us (Greenfield, Raeff, & Quiroz, 1996; Philips, 1983), yet they are the context within which we operate and make sense of the world” (Pachecho, Trumbull 10). In other words, one’s culture always strongly informs the way one views others and the world. Although others believe that one’s culture and personal decisions are two opposite things, one culminates all of the ideas, values, and beliefs he or she is taught through his or her culture to form all of his or her own ideas, values, and beliefs. Equally, cultures can cause conflict between people of two different cultures. People do this because their cultures teach them to think in certain ways. One’s culture is relevant to him or her everyday,
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She is a Mexican American, but feels out of place within both groups, which bothers her. She writes, “...viewed by Anglos as perhaps exotic, perhaps inferior, definitely different, viewed by Mexicans as alien…” (Mora 40). From her poem, the reader can infer that she thinks about being unique quite often as it is such a problem to her. Thus, her culture influences her perspective on others. Furthermore, the father in the essay “An Indian Father’s Plea” by Robert Lake, attempts to defend his culturally unique son, who is considered a slow learner by his teacher because he was taught how to think differently than the other children that attend his school. Instead of learning out of books as children of other cultures do, Wind-Wolf, Lake’s son, learned by witnessing cultural activities and traditions and reflecting on them. Lake writes, “It takes a long time to absorb and reflect on these kinds of experiences, so maybe that is why you think my Indian child is a slow learner” (Lake 91). This scenario is an example of how cultures can lead to conflict because Wind-Wolf feels excluded and unfairly treated by his classmates and teacher because they think he is too different from their own
She is a Mexican American, but feels out of place within both groups, which bothers her. She writes, “...viewed by Anglos as perhaps exotic, perhaps inferior, definitely different, viewed by Mexicans as alien…” (Mora 40). From her poem, the reader can infer that she thinks about being unique quite often as it is such a problem to her. Thus, her culture influences her perspective on others. Furthermore, the father in the essay “An Indian Father’s Plea” by Robert Lake, attempts to defend his culturally unique son, who is considered a slow learner by his teacher because he was taught how to think differently than the other children that attend his school. Instead of learning out of books as children of other cultures do, Wind-Wolf, Lake’s son, learned by witnessing cultural activities and traditions and reflecting on them. Lake writes, “It takes a long time to absorb and reflect on these kinds of experiences, so maybe that is why you think my Indian child is a slow learner” (Lake 91). This scenario is an example of how cultures can lead to conflict because Wind-Wolf feels excluded and unfairly treated by his classmates and teacher because they think he is too different from their own