Consequences of Cultural Conflicts After Immigrating to America
"Each Culture evolves it is own norms-rules for accepted and expected behavior" (Myers, 2010, p.154). The norms that define our culture and occasionally distinguish it from other cultures become ingrained at an early age through an almost unconscious process. The 'cultural wind' mentioned by Myers captures in a catch phrase the ease with which many of us transition through our social lives when we remain rooted in our culture of origin, because the cultural wind, which is made up of these norms, blows with us (2010, p. 154). Myers' suggests that when "… set adrift in a foreign land as a collectivist, you might experience a greater loss of identity" (2010, p. 156). This loss of identity would be a source of stress because the cultural winds would no longer be blowing with use, but against us.
The elements of cultural identity can consist of physical appearance, language, and behavioral norms, but immigrating to a new culture can, with time, erode these differences. What seems to emerge during the acculturation process is what Myers calls "… our shared human nature" (p. 133), which would be expected to depend significantly on our genetic programming. In contrast, the social aspects of culture or ethnicity would depend less on our genetic predispositions and more on environmental influences. For example, Myers (2010) suggests "sex indeed matters, but from a bio-psychosocial perspective, culture and the immediate situation matter, too" when it comes to determining culture-specific gender roles (p. 164). Such influences would be expected to have a formative impact on children growing up in their culture of origin, but be the source of stress after immigrating to a distinct culture.
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