Cultural Issues

Within cultures there are different patterns of behaviour,ways of living.A person coming from another country will likely come from a diffferent culture.In that culture there are patterns of behaviour that are normal and healthy,however in this country some aspects of their behaviour may be seen and perceived as not healthy, not within our normal behaviour.A good example is the distance people stand from others while talking,this can vary and make people uncomfortable when someone is standing half the distance they are used to,that person is in their space.
This is basically a misunderstanding and can also happen in this country between sub cultures that live here.Each sub culture has different ways on new sets of behaviour or ways of living that can beseen as wrong.Cultural issues happen when groups of people believe another group is wrong in their behaviour and may not be aware of what is healthy behaviour for their culture.
A need for personal space-we have a need for this and are taught not to be too close to one another.It can be difficult to understand the different ways that people behave,or to take in all the information about other people in the world.So instead we accept stereotypes of cultures,ethnic groups,individuals.These give us an overview of people,so we know what to expect and how to act and this eliminates the understanding of people who are different from us.Unfortunately they are often inaccurate,used as scapegoating and to sparate their behaviour from ours.
Because we do not agree with or like another cultures behaviour we see it as different and wrong and we develop negative attitudes.If we have a problem with someone from a different group we tend to identify the problem as having to do with the group instead of ourselves or the specific person.This makes us judgemental and gets in the way of how we thinkWe believe that someone did something to us when the real problem is our closed thinking and at times confusion.There can be stress between new culture influence and existing,when people do not understand each other they become suspicious.
Its a fact that different cultures develop,people are individuals and unique.Even if we were all the same it is doubtful that we would feel more comfortable.It takes more work to know people who are different from us.No culture has all the best ways to behave, but we can learn from other cultures.