The introduction of Michelle LeBaron's Bridging Cultural Conflicts brought up some interesting points I had not yet thought about. Culture and Conflict, are not always words we use together, but essentially culture is at the heart of all conflict. I thought the point that culture is integral to all conflict, but not the cause of it was very interesting. Initially, I thought, "that is not true at all." But the explanation given in the subsequent paragraph clarified the point for me. It states the following:
"In conflict we react because we care. We care to protect our identities and meanings we cherish. We care to protect our ways of life and the views we hold of the world. We care to safeguard those we love. Even across the chasm that divides us from an adversary, there is connection. If we had no connection and no independence, there would be no conflict."
Its our culture, and how strongly our feelings for our culture are, that ultimately put us in the mode of ignore or react when a possible situation arises. I think that sometimes we need to maybe care a little less, and let things pass by rather than act on every possible conflict of culture.
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