A Culture Comparsion Of United States Vs. Indian And Vietnam

Using the United States as my comparison culture I will first discuss the customs, beliefs, and values of Americans as a society. Americans value making something of their lives in terms of family, and work from an early age. As children we are told that we can do and be anything we want.

We believe that everyone has equal opportunity to go to school, find a good job, marry and live happily every after. These ideas are actually far fetched compared with reality, but still some of the beliefs we hold true.

Americans value achievement, personal success, and independence. We feel it is important to "climb the ladder" of success in the workforce and focus on constant improvement.

The following are a few of the values, and beliefs of those of Asian Indian decent. There is a heavy emphasis on fami

When a woman is married it is custom for the man's family to take the woman into their home. Even after having children, or becoming able to support their family on their own, the couple will continue living as an extended family. Elders are seen as having wisdom, and dignity, very unlike the American culture where elderly are shunned and thought to be worthless.

As in India, family also plays a large role in Vietnamese culture. In America it is often questioned why someone would chose to live close to his or her parents rather than break away from their family. Extended family simply is not a valued by Americans. Starting ones own family may be a big importance, however remaining close to parents, aunts, grandparents, is not as valued.

Ayurveda is a product line made by Herbline, which creates beauty, skin and hair products. This company values herbal remedies, creating products that are not tested on animals, and packaging their products in recyclable materials. With these strong values I also find it interesting that Ayurveda markets a skin lightener, which brings in more than $100 million dollar a year, but has also been a huge controversy recently in India.

"I never really identified with my culture I guess until recently. Someone was looking at pictures in my room of my family and me and said, "What's this, you were in the Peace Corps? Volunteered with a Chinese family?" That is my family. That's when I decided to talk to my Ba Noi, grandmother, about my culture. I'm still learning a lot, but now I feel better connected to the rest of my family."

Janine's family came from Vietnam when she was only six, but she spends summers in Vietnam visiting family and is fluent in Vietnamese. Much like Priya, Janine talked about strong family ties and the closeness she feels to her extended family.

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