Intercultural Business issues, Expat Issues, and Multicultural Issues of All Types, by Lynne Diligent
In the 1980s, I had the opportunity to serve on a citizen s committee which studied subsidized housing in the downtown area of my city in the western United States. One of the issues often discussed and debated was the problem which many American cities have of the downtown areas being vibrant during the daytime, but [ ]
Eight years ago (in 2018), I was still blogging frequently. It was a great way to discuss issues I was thinking about with like-minded intelligent people. Through blogging, I made several excellent friends in different parts of the world. I had about eight ongoing blogs and posted three-to-four times per week. I had some difficulties [ ]
A few years back, a study in America which concluded something very interesting about which men help their wives more, and if so, how much. Essentially, it said that the main determinant was dependent upon how much the man s friends help their own wives. Reading this conclusion was a light bulb moment for me living [ ]
Living in a less developed country I hear a lot of general talk about human rights. One of the times this subject normally comes up is when foreigners speak up wanting to do something about the abysmal ways many animals are treated in developing countries (donkeys being abused as working animals, cats and other animals [ ]
Westerners who move to the Middle East and North Africa often find behavior and conversations with local people confusing. Much of this confusing behavior is rooted in attitudes toward power and the use of power, both on a societal level, and on a personal level. While Western cultures attempt to control abuses of power with [ ]
As an American living overseas, I met British people for the first time, outside of America, and became friends with several of them. As I got to know them better, we eventually had some conversations about Americans and Europeans inadvertently making each other uncomfortable because of different expectations we have from conversations, especially with new [ ]
In America, middle-class people get angry when they see the poor buying steak and lobster with their food stamps, especially when they themselves can t afford these items. In India, the middle and upper classes get angry when they see the poor without enough food to eat, wasting money on lavish religious festivals and funerals (up [ ]
All children in England and America are taught to start letters with the salutation, Dear So-and-So. As children, we all wonder where this strange salutation came from, and what it means, but generally, no one knows. We just use it. Surprisingly, living abroad, I have discovered where it came from, through it s usage by foreign [ ]
International Love, the music video by Pitbull and Chris Brown, is a perfect example of the fantasy life dreamed of by many men, particularly in capitalistic societies. As successful celebrities, both Pitbull and Chris Brown have achieved this life, and in this video, they sing about the lives so many men would like to try [ ]
Familes, and the rest of us, wait from moment-to-moment to hear the latest updates in the Germanwings crash in the French Alps. Speaking personally as a family member of someone who was killed on the Egypt Air crash over the Atlantic in 1999, and as someone who has since followed just about every major air [ ]