Culture and Stereotypes

HELLO! Jumuah Mubarak :)

Assalamualaikum and hi everyone! Check out this video above, okay! It is definitely worth watching  o( ❛ᴗ❛ )o

(It's only 19 minutes long...) 

(okay, 19 minutes and 58 seconds... only.)  ʕ •ᴥ• ʔ

Anyway, the video above features Mr. Pellegrino Riccardi sharing his experience on cross cultural communication and interaction. Below is a statement made by Mr. Riccardi;

“People see what they want to see, they don’t always see what you see.”

(like this cute, little cat below)

Little cat: I am not little! Hear my majestic roar!!! 

*credits to Google Images*

Mr. Riccardi believes that people have different ideas of what is accepted and familiar. However, on what basis do people think or perceive something as ‘accepted and familiar'? Sadly, most of the time we tend to have stereotypical projections towards others who don’t share the same idea/s of what is/are...

Mr. Riccardi also believes that being curious and keen in learning about others’ culture can help extend the border of cultural interaction in order to create a global mindset. 

As every culture possesses its own qualities, we can merge and learn from the culture of others by taking and adopting the positive values. Culture should NOT be confined or specified to certain people.

*credits to Google Images*

Here's an example experienced by Atirah. She used to wonder, why do certain Malaysian-Indians adopt ‘Western’ names (for example, from Subramaniam to Michael) and prefer speaking English among themselves instead of Tamil... 

*credits to giphy.com*

However, Sociolinguistics taught her that the name change can be traced back even before Malaysia gained its independence. It was actually due to the fact that they are Christian converts who change their names and speak English to feel more belonged in the Christian community. 

That is really awesome! It really shows how determined they are to achieve unity and solidarity!  (☆▽☆)

We, Muslims, should also work towards uniting the whole Muslim community. It is sad to see how the world has turned into one where Muslims are mercilessly killing their fellow Muslim brothers without any guilt. In our opinion, this is actually a wake-up call to set aside our differences and opt for unity.

Anyway, we learned an important lesson here, right? Which is to...

NEVER JUDGE OTHERS!

*credits to Google Images*

That is the ultimate reason we decide to create this blog – to find out more about other cultures. We also hope that it will encourage people to be more curious to learn about other different cultures!  

We’ll end this post with a wonderful quote from a Danish-American actor, Viggo Mortenson. 

*credits to Lifehack Quotes*

Yours truly,

Atirah & Syuhaidah