Cultural insensitivity is shown when we Americans use slang such as, give me a ballpark number. Or when words such as ain’t are used. Internationally other cultures won’t know what we mean, unless they grew up in America. Ain’t is not a good word to use because it shows bad grammar. When there was a foreign exchange student from Brazil at my high school, I said, “I have goosebumps”. He didn’t know what goosebumps were and I had to explain to him it’s what happens when you’re really cold. Professor Choi also explained how American comedy movies don’t go well in other countries. They don’t understand our slang leading to our sense of humor being
