SOC202H5 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: White Bread, Rastafari, Dreadlocks
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Culture is one of those words that people use all the time but have trouble defining. In september 2010 france"s senate voted 246 to 1 to ban women from wearing a full- face veil (niqab or burqa) in public. Many muslims argue that veiling, which they regard as defending female modesty from intrusive male eyes, is intrinsic to their culture. The minister of justice, on the other hand, says that the ban affirms. Girls growing up under these two cultures may feel torn by the incompatible rules for being a good french citizen and a good muslim. An american conducting business in tokyo hopes to land a lucrative contract for her firm. When her japanese counterpart presents his card, she takes it casually with one hand, glances at it, and sticks it in her pocket. Japanese prospect prove frosty, and her firm loses the contract. Ah, says an experienced friend, you lost out because of a cultural misunderstanding .
