My parents have recently been takling about marriage and compatibility. They are the typical chinese parents that are very concerned about who their children are going to marry, since it is one of the biggest accomplishments for a person in the chinese culture. However, they have grown up in an environment where chinese people only married chinese people, making them completely sure that it is the only right way. Talking about this topic made me think about how globalized the world is today. It made me realize how we cna meet people from all over the world through the internet and break these cultural boundaries. It aslo made me start to question whether a person can really be summed up to her culture.
I have always tried to keep an open mind, getting to know different cultures without any resentment or fear. It is tough to think about this certian topic, since we all want some kind of specific structure in our family that might involve culture, language, religion, etc. WE are very vulnerable to judge other people by their backgrounds, because they are completely unknown to us. However, keeping an opne mind and trying to accept different people has made me realize that independent of how different they are, they continue being equally beautiful.