What Is Cross Cultural Studies Case Study

INTRODUCTION

Background

Cross cultural understanding simply refers to the basic ability of people within business to recognize, interpret and correctly react to people, incidences or situations that are open to misunderstanding due to cultural differences (Reynold, 2004:57 on ISI Denpasar article).

Cross cultural understanding refers to people expectation about other cultures. It can be about politeness, behavior, attitude, belief, knowledge, et cetera. Cross cultural understanding must be learned besides of foreign language. It is influential in communicating with other people from different countries. Someone who wants to go abroad or who has bilateral business needs to learn cross cultural understanding. It helps to adapt to their culture

Phipps, said “It is the laziness that has kept black people down in this (America) country.” This is

Racism was also aimed to black people by American securities. The securities always asked black people to show their ID card every time they met them. The securities were always suspicious if they were intruder. It seemed like they cannot believe black people except if they do something bad.

There is a scene which showed that a relationship within two girls is not necessary in both America and Africa. Taryn, a green-eyed girl who approached Kristen to give her a brochure of Students for a Non-Sexist Society at the first night in campus, and Kristen got “closer” since Kristen joined the SNSS after being rapped. They were walking side by side and hand in hand by linking each other’s little fingers in the campus when they encountered with Monet, a black girl who is Kristen’s roommate, and her black friend. Monet looked strangely to the linked little fingers. Kristen asked “How is it going?” to Monet and Monet answered “Cool. You all right?” while looking at Kristen and Taryn hands. Kristen unlinked her little finger and aswered Monet. Then she said farewell and go along with Taryn with linked their little fingers again. Monet and her friend just saw them strangely to Kristen and Taryn. In America, it is not common when two girls are very close each other. They may be friends but they will not too close, moreover they do skinship. If two girls are very close each other, normally

This is when Remy was going to revenge to black people because of the grudge that had piled up. It was in Peace Festival which was held in Columbus university’s yard. Shortly, Remy made it shot one of black people, Malik’s girlfriend. Knowing she died, Malik ran to the building where Remy was shooting from then beat up him because he killed Deja, Malik’s girlfriend. The securities came to separate them but without asking what actually happened, they beat Malik constantly. Remy ran and eventually commited suicide with gun when he could not find the way to exit from the building and was founded by police. The race hatred in this scene is not in Remy who hated black people because of what they did to Remy, but in securities who looked like had waiting for the moment they could find black people made mistake so they could beat black people. Even though when securities found Malik and Remy fought, Malik was the one who was above Remy who laid down, but they could not spontanously beat up Malik. They had to separate them without beating one of them then ask what actually happened first. This also ever happened when Malik ran along the dorm corridor to seek Remy who was running away after pulling a gun to his face. The securities saw Malik ran then they spontanously grab him. Remy’s Jewish rommate, who was also pulled a gun in his face, shouted if the one who brought gun was not him then the securities