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    Clash!: 8 Cultural Conflicts That Make Us Who We Are
    Clash!: 8 Cultural Conflicts That Make Us Who We Are
    Clash!: 8 Cultural Conflicts That Make Us Who We Are
    Audiobook10 hours

    Clash!: 8 Cultural Conflicts That Make Us Who We Are

    Written by Alana Conner and Hazel Rose Markus

    Narrated by Alana Conner and Hazel Rose Markus

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    About this audiobook

    As the world gets smaller, hotter, and flatter, people from different cultures are colliding like never before:

    1) East Asian students now dominate Western schools and workplaces, yet crash into the so-called "bamboo ceiling" before reaching the top.

    2) Women are getting stuck as they rocket up the corporate ladder, while men are falling off the ladder altogether.

    3) The have-nots still struggle in the classrooms of the haves, widening the gap between rich and poor.

    4) Many Blacks, Latinos, and other people of color know that discrimination keeps them down, while many Whites sincerely believe that race no longer matters.

    5) The politics of conservative Protestants frighten Americans of other religions, while the politics of more mainstream traditions infuriate the conservatives.

    6) Midwesterners and Southerners get depressed when they relocate to the Coasts, and vice versa.

    7) Despite the need for more collaboration, partnerships between governments, businesses, and nonprofits too often fail.

    8) Governments in the Global North and Global South still can't agree about what counts as "fair," "honest," and "efficient."

    Although each of these eight conflicts seems unique, we reveal that many stem from the same root cause: the tension between people using the independent, separate, and in-control side of their selves, versus people using the interdependent, connected, and adjusting side. We also show how people can nudge their cultures to call forth their best selves. By knowing when and how to use our different selves, we may not just survive, but thrive in the 21st century.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAscent Audio
    Release dateJun 18, 2013
    ISBN9781469087450
    Clash!: 8 Cultural Conflicts That Make Us Who We Are

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    • 4/5
      This book gives some interesting insights into how society shapes us into the people we are. The 8 cultural conflicts were:1. Eastern Hemisphere vs. Western Hemisphere2. Men vs. Women3. White vs. Non-White4. Rich vs. Poor5. Christian vs. Non-Christian6. Midwest vs. Coast (U.S. Geography)7. Money Motivation vs. Social Motivation8. North Hemisphere vs. South HemisphereI especially found the Rich vs Poor and the U.S. Geography chapters interesting, but pretty much all of the chapters were interesting. The last chapter seemed a bit weak. The book would have probably benefited by restructuring the order they discussed things in. I would highly recommend this for anyone to read! Especially if you are working with people who don't come from the same background as you do. It might just make things easier for everyone involved if people were more conscious of the differences in people's values and ways of thinking.