Personal Experience: Intersection Of Different Cultures

As people, we encounter many different types of individuals in our everyday lives. A person can encounter this interaction walking, driving, and shopping. This intersection of different people and cultures is called a borderland. For instance, Atlanta, Georgia happens to be one of the most diverse cities or borderlands there is. Atlanta is filled with many different languages, races, and foods. The diversity of cultures is extremely evident in the downtown area. For instance, walking in Midtown a person will find a variety of different attractions like art museums, churches, and restaurants. Whereas if you went into another section the vibe will be completely different. One can’t have the same city experience every single day. As a student …show more content…
One will see children, businessmen, homeless, street performers etcetera. The thing that separates all these people are their races. There are people who are Indian, Vietnamese, Asian, and Italian. Another aspect I noticed in my experience was the amount of different languages that were floating in the air. Everyone is speaking in their own personal way of communication. For instance, I heard English, Spanish, French, and Hindi. This absolutely amazed me because I’m mainly used to mainly hearing Spanish and English. Broad Street introduced me into a brand new experience with languages. The variety of people makes one feel like they have traveled to a different country. Typically when there is a mass of people, there is always something that is bringing them together. In this particular case it was food. As I walked down the street I saw, or rather smelled, the essence of food seeping from the restaurant doors. There are many different kinds of restaurants available at the choice of many. For instance, there are American foods, Indian foods, Asian foods, and Chinese foods. This may have been the most exciting aspect of my entire experience. The smell of pho noodles gave me the impression that I was in it’s native country, Vietnam. I had the opportunity to experience the culture of others, while many others did the …show more content…
It is great to see how far the world has come from segregation and cultural judgement. Cultural diversity allows many different ideas and people to come together to form a whole that is far greater. Broad Street defiantly promotes cultural diversity because it displays multiple aspects of the world. Cultural diversity may give you a different viewpoint, and different perspectives about other races. It is becoming clear that in order to build communities that are successful, we need to understand and appreciate many cultures, establish relationships with people from cultures other than our own, and build strong unions with different cultural groups. Cultural unity and diversity needs to go beyond Broad Street, it needs to be generated everywhere. America is making progress towards developing a fully culturally diverse environment for everyone and anyone to feel comfortable. Once that is accomplished everyone will be able to live happily together in