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Culture is defined as the arts, custom, social institutions, and achievements of a particular nation, people, or other social group. Most cultures are based on tradition, upbringing, and experience. The lack of knowledge of difference cultures can cause either future education or ignorance. Being part of a certain culture you are sometimes taught the negative aspects of another culture, which can embed future hatred. This negates the respect people should have for each other’s cultures.

According to The Social Science Perspectives: Individual Components Section in Chapter 12 on page 465 from Judith N. Martin and Thomas K. Nakayama’s Fifth Edition of Intercultural Communications in Contexts, empathy is a trait that can help bring cultures together to get along. While watching the documentary My So Called Enemy, which brings together 6 girls of both Israeli and Palestinian culture together, I learned that some girls didn’t practice empathy at all. An example is when Gal, an Israeli Jewish Girl tries to explain to Hanin, a Palestinian Israeli girl the reason why Jewish people migrated to Israel after the holocaust. Hanin nonchalantly declines to agree with reasoning stating that they could’ve went somewhere else. When talking about empathy, its basically saying to walk in someone else’s shoes. I believe Hanin could’ve showed a bit of compassion because it could’ve been her family members or ancestors that were part of the holocaust.

I believe once people start to respect other people’s cultures and values, then everyone can get along. I believe by ignoring the stereotype then it would definitely broaden everyone’s horizons and provide insight on cultural views. A similar example, In the clip below, come from the 2018 drama film tilted The Hate U Give, which depicts police brutality against a young stereotyped black man who was believed to be drawing a gun, when he was actually retrieving his hair brush, and was shot and killed. The clip shows the interaction between the boy’s best friend, Star, whom witnessed the cold-blooded murder, and her friend at high school, Hailey, who invokes the anger by accusing Star’s friend of actually being a criminal and saying his death was his own fault.

Culture is defined as the arts, custom, social institutions, and achievements of a particular nation, people, or other social group. With that being said, it is very easy to miss construe an unfamiliar culture. According to The Relationship Between Culture and Communication Section on page 95 in Chapter 3 from Judith N. Martin and Thomas K. Nakayama’s Fifth Edition of Intercultural Communications in Contexts, cultural values are the worldview of a culture group and its set of deeply held beliefs. It is also stated that cultural conflicts are caused by differences in value orientations and that some values may be more priveliged and vver. The day you were born it’s an automatic induction into a culture, and this can alter religious believes, birthrights, and even first languages before you even learn how to walk. The culture that you know is heavily influenced by your upbringing as well as the company you keep. Culture is usually shaped by tradition and customs.

But usually with misunderstanding a culture, conflict arises. For example, the attack against Sikh professor Prabhjot Singh sparked controversy. The assailants shouted racial obscenities and ant-muslim slurs while attacking Professor Singh. What these attackers believed was that Professor Singh fit the description of a terrorist. What they fail to realize is that most Muslims, whether they’ve migrated or were naturally born here, want to be able to be themselves peacefully and bring a piece of home wherever they are. Most protestors don’t understand the Islamic religion and often associate it with terrorism. This creates a sense of ignorance

As for the attackers, it would be imperative if they’d try to practice peace or to try to understand one’s culture before lashing out and doing the unthinkable. Their dominating style of conflict (pg. 438 Chapter 11 intercultural Communications in Contexts, 7th Edition, Judith N. Martin and Thomas K. Nakayama) was achieved because they instilled fear into this man’s family. They don’t understand the magnitude and the severity of the situation, and how this could land them in jail.