Archive for February, 2009

Does how you are treated in a foreign country depend on who you are and / or where you are from?

Posted on 2009/02/07. Filed under: Europe, Japan | Tags: , , , |

I had been taught that French people were snobbish over 10 years ago because I had heard such a reputation many times from a wide variety of people and media.
One day I met an Indian-American from New York, who had graduated from a world-famous university and currently works as an economist. He told me that [...]

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Are all cultures equal? Is there no cultural superiority?

Posted on 2009/02/06. Filed under: Japan, Multiculturalism | Tags: , , , |

There was a time when I thought that all cultures were like artworks — equally beautiful. It was when I really enjoyed the melting pot that is the U.S.  However, I have now come to believe that while human beings are equal, it is cultures that are not, after I learned many things about multiculturalism, [...]

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