Understanding Difference

If you take two cultures, and set them up next to each other, there are always some differences.  Sometimes people will believe these differences to be a bad thing.  They are incapable of looking past the differences, to see that it is an important part of cultural diversity.  There are also a lot of cross-cultural misconceptions.  A perfect example of this is saying things like all Spanish speakers are Mexican.  Someone might see a man get off a plane from Spain, and believe him to be of Mexican descent.

Also, I have found this great show that aired on the Discovery Channel that has a lot of information on the cultures of an early tribe in West Papua, New Guinea.  Google: World's Lost Tribes: Living with the Mek.  This show has more information than I can provide in a single post.

Now, the Mek haven't changed their ways of living since the stone age, and that means they do not where much clothing.  Just a traditional hollowed gourd for the men, a grass skirt for the women, and nothing for the children.  I was watching an episode online using my phone, when a girl walks up to me, and asks what I'm watching.  I tell her it is a show about a primitive tribe living in the tropics, and show her.  At the sight, she was repulsed to see a group of naked men carrying out a religious ceremony.  Ever since, she has asked me if I still watch naked people.

This is the ignorance I strive to end.