When your culture becomes the dominating culture ...

you will get accepted.  Or more likely you will accept others.  And others are more willing to spend their energy to understand your culture and your FEELING AND THINKING, because that might be beneficial (read: profitable).

 

Have you ever wonder why you have rarely spent any energy to understand the cutlure of Laos or Vietnam?  Have you ever spend energy to THINK about their feelings?  Because it is not beneficial.  Yes, if a Vietnamese were working with you, you might casually ask them about Vietnam or how they feel about a particular incident (to show that you are knowledgable and friendly).  But all in all, you won't study them comprehensively like you study America and American culture, events and customs.  That is because you are to make profit, to survive, and to builing up a better future for your next generation.

 

Expecting a native speaking Americans to try to understand you or your culture is laughable.  In their eyes, you are no different than what you feel about Vietnam or Lao (no offense) who they don't really care too much ... until it is profitable to care.

 

 

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• 写得真好！写出了我一直想说的话。 -小睿儿- ♀ (0 bytes) () 06/07/2011 postreply 05:31:49

• 同意对人性的分析，对形势的分析有点outdated。 -卡莱- ♀ (121 bytes) () 06/07/2011 postreply 06:26:30

• "李娜的成就也会benefit所有华人"?? 国人出了姚明，我就长高了易寸，有木有？？？ -baydad- ♂ (0 bytes) () 06/07/2011 postreply 09:13:08

• LOL~ 应该是相对矮了０。１寸，人家电视上看惯了姚明，再看普通老中个头可能就觉得不给力了：） -毕小珠-- ♀ (0 bytes) () 06/07/2011 postreply 10:26:01

• 出了姚明，你矮就是个人基因问题，哈哈：） -卡莱- ♀ (67 bytes) () 06/07/2011 postreply 11:25:35

• 俺只是为越南人民感觉有点不安，还有老挝人民。 -洲河- ♀ (0 bytes) () 06/07/2011 postreply 06:39:48

• 天啦，你油墨大摔卖啦，大家闪开啦！ -路边群众- ♀ (0 bytes) () 06/07/2011 postreply 09:59:50

• 这两种俺都有认识的，人家不象老中那么爱琢磨，木事：） -毕小珠-- ♀ (0 bytes) () 06/07/2011 postreply 10:24:10