Diversity/Cultures

Running head : DIVERSITY /CULTURES

Diversity /Cultures

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Diversity /Cultures

Introduction

America is known as the land of the free where all people of different cultures wants to live to make a life for themselves as well as their family . However , grief , pleasure , anxiety , happiness , anger , excitement and frustration are various ways of how some people may respond to working , studying , or living in the foreign country . While some individuals have practically no problems in integrating with different cultural customs and habits , others appear

to be struggling . These people usually experience culture shock when trying to deal with the new environment , leaving them depressed , strained , disinterested , and isolated . As a result , the increasing numbers of culturally diverse people in a particular country brings about second culture , yet the ways by which these people are exposed to other cultures , and the influence played by second-culture exposure in shaping their cultural identity have received little theoretical attention . With this regard , this attempts to systematically examine the aforesaid concerns

Cultural Diversity

Culture is broadly conceptualized to include the system of belief of a variety of groups . Culture involves patterns of transmitted symbols and acquired behavior , making up the distinguishing characters of certain human groups , together with their personification in works of art (Mediscan , 2009 . Basically , the indispensable foundation of culture is composed of historically selected and derived ideas , particularly their values

Cultural diversity refers to the distinctions between people founded on shared ideology and a valued set of customs...