For this assignment, I interview my friend, Li Jenny. She was born and raised in Hong Kong, but she has resided in the United States for 4 years. She has a fair amount of knowledge about both America as well as Hong Kong. I think she would be an excellent interviewee. As she described, her original culture’s dimensions are almost opposite to the U.S.
First of all, Hong Kong is a collectivist society. They put the needs and the benefits of the groups over the individuals. All the decisions they make are in order to contribute to the group/society. A typical example is how they live in a family. If Americans are individualist which means they are only supposed to take care of themselves and their family (spouse, children), Hongkongers are expected to live and look after their parents (when they get older) and their siblings or even their relatives (if they are in need of help). This is understandable because Hong Kong is also one of many Asian countries that honor family bonding and group’s loyalty. When they do something, even failed or succeed, they don’t present themselves, they do it on behalf of the
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The inequality exists in the society when authority people have privileges and power over everything; the citizens, on the other hand, have a little power and insignificant impacts on any major decision made. This is not only applied to the government system, but also to the subcultures within the community. For example, in a village, the elderly have the power, and the only reason is that they are elderly. In Asian culture, older people are respected. They are considered to be knowledgeable and experienced, so normally people will just agree with whatever decision the elderly made without questioning too much. This is one of the main reason my friend moved to the U.S. In here, everybody has equal rights. They can have their voice in order to decide if the law or bill is passed or