Tibetan American Culture

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trustworthy and very limited perspective views. Tibetans created the websites I used. I believe the information on those websites are more specific and trustworthy because Tibetans are the ones who experience their culture and have the best knowledge about their culture than anyone else. They deliver the best quality information about the culture where they grew up. Some sources I found were written by outsiders, so the point of views of those people would be very general and similar to each other. Besides, the information they emphasized also consisted of their own opinion, so it was not valid to use those websites as the sources in my research. Their opinion could give me a negative view about the culture I investigated. The only exceptive source from an outsider I used …show more content…
The information from Tibetan-written websites was very quality and attractive; however, there still might be some biases appearing in this type of information. Some Tibetans were very passion about showing their love to their culture, so they tended to include their personal feeling in the information they delivered. Sometimes, the information that was included with too much personal feeling could destroy the audiences’ points of view. Besides, there was no bad judgment in this type of information because Tibetans wanted people to only see the positive side of their culture. On the other hand, the information from outside sources was biases because outsiders were not the ones who experience Tibetan culture during their whole life. They only experienced Tibetan culture in a limited time of their life, so they could not fully observe the culture in the same way as Tibetans. Outsider sources also contained many personal feelings, including the positive and negative impaction. Therefore, it was not a good to use the information from outsider

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