Thursday, March 22, 2012

Living With People Of A Different Race

Imagine that one day, when you walk into your house, you find out that your mother's friend (who's of a different race) is going to bring her family to live together with you and your family because your mother's friend's family is having some financial difficulties. What will be different? How will you react?

6 comments:

  1. Some things may be different, but you would probably have to get used to it. It would probably be awkward at first, not knowing the other people. Probably since they're of a different race they may have different beliefs towards things. You'd probably have to start doing things differently, having to share more and stuff like that.

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  2. different? i guess there will be just awkward moment for a while and of course there will be differences the both family have. just need to adjust

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  3. I actually know of someone in a similar situation. A friend of mine is half asian, half white and her family is inviting her indian friend to live with them until she can find an apartment. She's said that it's definitely been a little awkward because her family and her indian friend have different ways of doing things around the house, but the only real problem has been eating. My asian american friend eats meat while her indian friend is a vegetarian. So applying this example to the question asked, I think adjusting and being tolerant to one anothers customs despite the awkwardness is the best way to react.

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  4. It is pretty normal in our family to let our people stay in our houses. Of course arguments and conflicts happen sometimes as the household size is getting smaller, but we understand the others hardship so it is fine to stay together no matter how different they are compared to us. I think the best way to live with other is to put ourselves in their shoes so that we can sympathize.

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  5. I've actually attended military school in Carlsbad for my junior year in high school, so I lived with a bunch of white kids. The environment was really different, as I grew up in San Jose and Cupertino. For the first time, I was the minority and I faced racial discrimination. However, I adapted to my situation, and I became friends with everybody in my company. Sure, it may seem strange at first when you live with people of a different race, but eventually you will realize that you have a lot more similarities rather than differences.

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  6. I really ok with living with different race family for I been growing up in states and I have different ethic friend even though most of them are Asian. The only problem would be my parents, for they tend to be a little racist. My parents are nice people and they treat other people nicely, but the things that come out of their mouths sometimes are not pretty words.

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