When two groups come together, interesting things can happen. Chances are, each group has their own beliefs, values, and way of life, and the clashing brings both good and bad to the table. For instance, when the Europeans first came to what is now America, they met the Native Americans, a very different people. These two groups did not get along, and eventually the Europeans killed and took land and brought about what we now know to be home. But this isn't just for people who lived across an ocean. This happened with Puritans and other Europeans who most likely thought that the Puritans were crazy people who lived basic and plain lives for the sake of not being possessed or damned.
Although, on the other hand, good things can come out of it, such as merging cultures and knowledge to add up to more advanced civilizations with a more vast expanse of knowledge than before, with new technologies and beliefs coming out of it.
Although there are more examples of the good than the bad, it is possible to find advancements from this on a smaller scale, such as when two people from two different civilizations come together to create amazing things, and discover more, whether it be music, ideas, or scientific breakthroughs, death, or tragedy, so many things can come from the merging of two civilizations.
I agree that great things can come from two or more cultures merging. Chicago contains great examples of it. On a simple level, cuisine that is a fusion or borrows ideas from other cuisines is one such example. The complex part of the chemistry-of-bringing-people-together is getting them to see each other as equals- not something to take advantage of or diminish.
ReplyDeleteI agree that great things can come from two or more cultures merging. Chicago contains great examples of it. On a simple level, cuisine that is a fusion or borrows ideas from other cuisines is one such example. The complex part of the chemistry-of-bringing-people-together is getting them to see each other as equals- not something to take advantage of or diminish.
ReplyDeleteI agree, but I feel like it wasn't so simple back then, because people weren't so considerate like they are now, and sometimes, people still aren't considerate of others, cause the merging of two groups to be rocky and unstable.
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