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In response to
"Thankfully, this isn't really the case. The neighborly atmosphere forces conversation."
by
David
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By cultures talking to one another, I'm not really talking about casual conversation
Posted by
Roger More (aka RogerMore)
May 11 '12, 15:03
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To use a non-racial example, I see this a lot in Canada between the English and the French Canadians.
On one level, it's about things like music and humour and TV shows and news sources.
But English and French Canadians also have very different ideas about, say, fairness, justice, equality, the role of government, and about things what Canada should be and where it should be going. And there's very little understanding about where the other culture is coming from when it has a different opinion.
It's broader than language - many people are bilingual. But they'll generally connect with the cultural touchstones they were brought up with.
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