Cultural Differences Between The United States And Saudi Arabia

My social life would be significantly different if I were a representative of the culture in the United States. My life and exposure to different social mechanisms in the United States has been influential in shaping a new approach to life in comparison to that in Saudi Arabia, my home country. The culture of people in the United States engrains the traditions and backgrounds of people from all the continents on the planet. Therefore, the social diversity that exists creates a definite type of lifestyle that is significantly different from the culture back in Saudi Arabia.
The cultural change that I am imagining revolves around direct relations with the community and exploiting opportunities in society. The modern society consists of a series …show more content…
I imagine a drastic shift in focus from the profit orienting activities that most people engage in to a more environmental approach. The most essential resources on the planet come from the direct natural resources abundant anywhere in the world. The reality about nature is that the majority of the resources available are adequate to provide society with all its needs. This means that each and every person has the possibility of living a truly free life where the current system and materialistic opinions do not govern their way of …show more content…
This means that there will be a reduction in the emphasis on education that only prepares me for a single job or a career line. There will be a need to provide all the students of the world with comprehensive, complex education that will help them understand their planet, its history, and the responsibility of every human being. This change will drastically affect my way of life because I will have to adjust to different routines and set new life priorities.
The possibility of achieving these cultural changes in the present world is quite difficult. This is because there are a number of diverse cultures on the globe that separate and distinguish human beings from different locations. The cultural changes that I have in mind will result in elimination of the numerous divisionary, conditioning cultures that create instability in society. Martin Luther King Jr. offers encouragement for social and cultural change in his “I Have a Dream” speech. “And so even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream” (King