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1.        In understanding foreign cultures, someone needs to understand well the cultures to avoid cultural conflicts. But, many people are failed to understand the values and customs of foreign cultures. According to your own idea, please explain what do you need to have to understand foreign cultures in order to avoid cultural conflicts.

Answer     : In my point of view, from my experiences and my environment, in order to avoid misunderstanding between cultures we need to instill several principles in our lives: first and foremost is to cultivate a mutual respect for foreign cultures, secondly we have to get rid of the thought that our culture is the most correct culture, in another sense regardless foreign culture as something bad, and finally after we can respect and not look down on foreign culture, start learning to understand foreign culture. not only as a form of our tolerance for foreign cultures, understanding foreign cultures will also add to our knowledge and experience in socializing.

2.        How do you define your local cultural is different from foreign culture? Do you think local and foreign cultures need to be integrated? Please provide your reasons

Answer     : Culture is a way of life that is developed and owned by a group of people and is passed down from generation to generation. Culture is made up of many complex elements, including religious and political systems, customs, language, tools, clothing, buildings and works of art. From this understanding, of course my culture is different from the culture of other people who do not have in common the elements that make up the culture that I mentioned earlier. especially with foreign cultures. the culture where I live is still closely related to high moral values. for example, in my culture, it is not justified to appear immodest and engage in promiscuity. Those two things are something that is still held high in my culture.

Do I think local and foreign cultures need to be integrated?

Of course. Because there is no bad culture, it all depends on how we place it and choose what we think is good to imitate and which we think is not good to imitate. Therefore, local culture and foreign culture need to be integrated. when we find a foreign culture that is good to emulate and do so without losing our original culture, that is the importance of integrating the culture. Because culture will continue to develop in accordance with the times. All of that depends on how our policy chooses what suits our views and what is not. For example, when we can see positive sites from foreign cultures like other languages, we can try to learn another language, right? But if we want to learn their language, for example English, don't forget your initial language.

3.        What is stereotype and prejudice? Does it exist in your local culture? Give example?

Answer : Prejudice is most commonly used to refer to a preconceived judgment toward a people or a person because of race, social class, gender, age, disability, political beliefs, and sexual orientation. While stereotype is commonly held popular belief about specific social groups or types of individuals. Stereotypes are standardized and simplified conceptions of groups based on some prior assumptions. From this understanding, we know that the stereotype is more positive than prejudice. Media, religion, environment, customs and culture influence our perceptions of how we see other people. And often "prejudice" becomes a trap so that we don't give ourselves the opportunity to get to know other people. In fact, prejudice often becomes the beginning of hostility and conflict. Cannot be denied, both of those things are in my culture. For stereotype  example, some people in my environment think that life should have principles like Chinese people, namely hard workers. another example is the view that "the key to working with a Chinese people is honest". Whereas for prejudice example, some people in my neighborhood think that a person who covers his entire body is called a terrorist. however, several others have been able to change that view.