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Columbus Day or Day of the Human Race?

16 Sunday Oct 2016

Posted by Victor H. Garza 高山 in Trivia

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In some countries of the Americas people celebrate Oct. 12 “Columbus Day” and in others they celebrate “The Encounter of Two Worlds” meaning the European World and the Amerindian World. The important aspect is to recognize and respect each country’s historical perspective and specially to celebrate the cultural and ethnical diversity of our continent!

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En algunos países del continente americano celebran el “Día del Descubrimiento de América”. En otros se celebra el “Encuentro de Dos Mundos” pues los europeos que llegaron a nuestro continente se encontraron con civilizaciones y culturas indigenas ya establecidas desde hace muchos años en diferentes regiones. Lo importante es reconocer y respetar que cada país tiene su manera de percibir la historia y que la mayoría de las poblaciones de los países americanos son ricas en diversidad racial y cultural.

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www.proudtobemexican.com

03 Thursday Mar 2016

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This morning the local radio news shared that Jorge Castañeda (a former Foreign Affairs Minister from Mexico) started a website called www.proudtobemexican.com . Perhaps many Mexicans will share this website with their family & friends (not seeking to feel better than other nationalities but rather to share the contributions of Mexican people around the world). Beyond sharing humorous memes, Mexican people across the Planet can share their day-to-day contributions that have a local impact and also those contributions that have a global impact. Whether cleaning homes or directing movies Team Work is very important. What effect do you think this website could have by sharing these contributions around the globe?

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Hoy se transmitió en las noticias que el ex-secretario de Relaciones Exteriores de México, Jorge Castañeda inició un portal llamado www.proudtobemexican.com . Se busca que los mexicanos puedan compartir este portal entre amigos y familiares (no con el fin de que los mexicanos no sintamos superiores con respecto a otras nacionalidades, mas bien con el fin de compartir las contribuciones que nuestros paisanos han hecho en el mundo). Además del humor reflejado en algunos memes, se pueden compartir a través de este portal, contribuciones sencillas y cotidianas con impacto local así como las contribuciones de ciudadanos mexicanos con un impacto global. No importa si se trabaja limpiando casas o dirigiendo películas, el Trabajo en Equipo es de suma importancia. ¿Qué efecto tendría dar a conocer estas contribuciones globales públicamente?

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Culture Shock (on Cross Cultural Day)?

09 Tuesday Feb 2016

Posted by Victor H. Garza 高山 in Trivia

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Today several places around the World celebrate “Cross Cultural Day”. Since many foreigners visit Mexico for tourism or business purposes, it’s important for us Mexicans to be aware of different cultures around the world (specially since our country’s society is not as diverse compared to those in African, Asian & European countries). Being familiar with different cultures fosters understanding. Since Mexico is far from Asia, we might not be very familiar with other religions of the World such as Sikhism…so this lack of awareness could create cultural gaps. My experiences flying in Mexico with Aeroméxico have always been pleasant. Unfortunately, for this passenger his experience was not so pleasant since he was denied access to his Aeroméxico flight  (from Mexico City to New York) for wearing a turban and for “security” reasons when he rejected taking off his turban (usually Sikhs don’t show their hair in public). He has suggested that the airline and airport staff receive cross-cultural training. What effect do you think such training could have on the staff?

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Hoy se celebra en algunos países del mundo el “Día Intercultural”. México recibe visitantes de muchos países de mundo y por ello es importante estar familiarizado con las principales culturas del planeta para evitar posibles malos entendidos como el que lamentablemente le ocurrió a este pasajero de Aeroméxico al que le fue negado el acceso a su vuelo (de la Ciudad de México a Nueva York) por usar turbante y por cuestiones de “seguridad” al no querer quitarse su turbante. Mis viajes con Aeroméxico siempre han sido placenteros pero quizá el personal en el aeropuerto desconocía que la religión de este señor es el Sijismo (originaria de la India) y que los Sikhs no suelen mostrar su cabello en público. Independientemente de la religión que profesen las personas es importante tener conocimiento y reconocimiento a los “otros” (especialmente en lugares como los aeropuertos internacionales) para fomentar el diálogo y las buenas relaciones interpersonales e interculturales. Este pasajero sugirió “ofrecer una formación cultural” al personal de la línea aérea y del aeropuerto ¿Que efecto crees que tendría dicha formación cultural?

 

 

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