Would you marry someone from a different culture, ey?
What is intercultural marriage
Intercultural is understood as a field of study that looks at how people from differing cultural backgroud comminicate, n similar and different ways among themselves, and how they endeavor to communicate across cultures. Thus, intercultural marriage is a marriage of different people,religion, culture and etc. In order to avoid conflict there are few things that people need to understand the barrier and advantages of intercultural marriage.
Our Objectives
1)To rightly understand the meaning of intercultural marriage. 2)To study about it and exchange commentary with others students and blog readers. 3)To investigate the barriers of intercultural marriage in terms of race, religion, economic, language and others.
Research Questions
1)What are the barriers and how it is overcome in intercultural marriage? 2)What are the factors that lead to intercultural marriage? 3)Which country has a big percentage of intercultural marriage? 4)How do they approach their families when they want to get married? 5)Why is it different from normal marriage?
and i must say those kids are, in some way, very lucky to learn the multicultures their parents have, thus nurturing them to be more rational and open-minded in a good sense......
YEAH, it is a great experience, even if it hurts sometimes. But every day is full of suprises. Every time, when you are confronted with a different culture, it reminds you of your own culture too. In my personal experience it happens, that the more I am confronted with other cultures, the more I am conscious about my own culture. Intercultural marriage definitely means getting aware of the own culture even more.
PS. Maybe it is hard for the children. Have a look at www.angryasianman.com It gives an interrest view on what happens, if you look like a foreigner, but born in this country.
Ya, I think this is true. I have 2 friends, born in Germany, one with African and one with Asian appearance. I think, beside the look, they are more "German" as me. But both often suffer from regarded as foreigners. It must hurt, when someone asks you about when you want to return. Return? Where? They already are in their fatherland. Still many Western people think in stereotypes and only judge by the look. Life is certainly harder with a foreign appearance. Asian looking people in Western world are often called "bananas", because they are yellow outside, but white inside :-)
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it looks like they are happy ;)
yes they do indeed.... =)
and i must say those kids are, in some way, very lucky to learn the multicultures their parents have, thus nurturing them to be more rational and open-minded in a good sense......
yes, that right.
so what are you thinking now?
anybody of you wanna try to marriage other person from other culture?
heheee =p
YEAH, it is a great experience, even if it hurts sometimes.
But every day is full of suprises. Every time, when you are confronted with a different culture, it reminds you of your own culture too. In my personal experience it happens, that the more I am confronted with other cultures, the more I am conscious about my own culture.
Intercultural marriage definitely means getting aware of the own culture even more.
Christopher
PS. Maybe it is hard for the children. Have a look at www.angryasianman.com It gives an interrest view on what happens, if you look like a foreigner, but born in this country.
Christopher
Hmm.. Is it true that the children are hardly accepted by the community?
Ya, I think this is true. I have 2 friends, born in Germany, one with African and one with Asian appearance. I think, beside the look, they are more "German" as me. But both often suffer from regarded as foreigners. It must hurt, when someone asks you about when you want to return. Return? Where? They already are in their fatherland.
Still many Western people think in stereotypes and only judge by the look. Life is certainly harder with a foreign appearance.
Asian looking people in Western world are often called "bananas", because they are yellow outside, but white inside :-)
Take care,
Christopher
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