The movie Spanglish is about a young mother named Flor and her daughter Cristina. They were both immigrants from Mexico and settled in Los Angeles California. Flor was a single mom and was working multiple jobs just to provide for her daughter. In need for a better paying job so she could keep an eye on her daughter she got a job as a housemaid for a wealthy white family. There was a language barrier as Flor only spoke Spanish and her boss only spoke English. When her boss Deborah moves into a summer home Flor and her daughter are forced to move in with Deborah’s family. Their different cultures clash constantly as Deborah is excited to show Cristina the American way of life and Flor is wants her daughter maintain Hispanic culture. Tensions
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The culture differences that we see go through these “lens”. “The process of perception is composed of three phases: selection, organization, and interpretation (Martin, J. N., & Nakayama, T. K. 2011).” Based on the experiences we may have from different cultures helps us during each phase of perception and helps us come to a conclusion on how we view all the things the world has to offer. The first phase deals with selection and at this phase, we pay attention to only information available to our senses. In the movie, it was hard for Flor to pay attention to any of the information, as she did not understand the English language. But as time went on she realized it was a must in order to better communicate. “In the organization phase, we categorize the information into recognizable groups. Last in the perception process is interpretation, the ways in which we assign meaning to the information we have organized (Martin, J. N., & Nakayama, T. K. (2011).” As human beings we all share the same planet and although we may try to separate ourselves by living in communities of a certain race it is impossible to avoid an intercultural communication. This was obvious to Flor in the movie she eventually had to break the barrier she was creating towards the American way of life and embraced the language to better understand their way of
The culture differences that we see go through these “lens”. “The process of perception is composed of three phases: selection, organization, and interpretation (Martin, J. N., & Nakayama, T. K. 2011).” Based on the experiences we may have from different cultures helps us during each phase of perception and helps us come to a conclusion on how we view all the things the world has to offer. The first phase deals with selection and at this phase, we pay attention to only information available to our senses. In the movie, it was hard for Flor to pay attention to any of the information, as she did not understand the English language. But as time went on she realized it was a must in order to better communicate. “In the organization phase, we categorize the information into recognizable groups. Last in the perception process is interpretation, the ways in which we assign meaning to the information we have organized (Martin, J. N., & Nakayama, T. K. (2011).” As human beings we all share the same planet and although we may try to separate ourselves by living in communities of a certain race it is impossible to avoid an intercultural communication. This was obvious to Flor in the movie she eventually had to break the barrier she was creating towards the American way of life and embraced the language to better understand their way of