Reflection 5

Culture is a very complicated subject to learn about. Everyone has a different opinion to what “culture” is. The set definition of culture is that it is a set of behaviors, actions and commonly shared things in a defined social structure. A culture has it’s set of behaviors, rules, regulations, etiquette, beliefs and ways of communication. Some people think certain cultures are elite and better than others for ridiculous reasons. There has always been animosity between people of different cultures who try to find superiority in one way or another. Others deemed some cultures were either completely low, like savages or barbarians, and other claimed to be civilized. But how can one be “civilized” if they call others degrading names such as a savage? To me, that is not being civilized at all. On the contrary, only a savage man would claim such atrocities because of silly cultural difference. Adolf Hitler was one of these “civilized” men. He claimed to simply being cleaning the world of impure savage culture known has the Jews. He used a made up science called eugenics for the basis of his discrimination. He would use this process to cancel out the unfit. He would use this information for breeding. He did not want to pass on an unfit gene to a superior raced person. All this was done because his culture claimed superiority over the Jews. Without being open-minded and taking the time to learn about the beauty in every culture, nothing would stop another lunatic from annihilating another culture almost off the face of the earth. I have learned that every culture has its beauty. One should take the time to experience a different culture in full depth. They should immerse themselves into it completely to see how it truly is to live as a part it in. Everyone should do that at least once in their life time. School can only teach you so much. In school, you learn the basics. You learn how to except difference. You learn how to use your knowledge to be able to try and not make a biased observation. Something like culture should be experienced first hand. Then you will really determine if you are being biased or not.