Cross Culture Understanding

Defined Cross Culture Understanding

CCU is a study to bridge two cultures or customs between countries, which aims to gain an understanding of cultural differences and with the ability of the two countries. but this time I use CCU to bridge cultures or customs between the couple, which aims to gain an understanding of cultural differences so that each culture adapt encompasses partner.

Aspect on "CCU"

There are fifth aspect on CCU :

• Variations 
• Body Contact and Personal Expression
• Social class
• Class Factor and Politics 
• Health and Income

1. Variations

America 

America have many variations in the norms, values and beliefs and other groups of people. Ethnic that found across the United States. There is 51 unit of State in America, same sex legal in several places in United States and many homosexuals.

Indonesia

Indonesia have many variations, such as in each places have different norms, values, cultures, language, social customs, tribal customs,etc.

2. Body Contact and Personal Expression

America
In America the body contact just simple and has minimum body contact. Example : handshake and personal expression in America has different distance in different relationship such as personal distance, social distance, and intimate distance, public space

Indonesia

In Indonesia also has simple and minimum body contact, like handshake but in personal expression Indonesia didn’t have range or distance in different relationship

 3. Social class

America
In America has a social class and divided into three or five social economic classes. And social class is generally described as a combination of educational attainment income and occupational prestige. (With many people include in middle class).

Indonesia
In Indonesia also has a social class and divided into three classes rich, middle, and poor. With many people included in the poor classes

4. Class Factor and Politics

America

In America divided  into two parties (democrat and republican) and  also the people who become politicians have through hard selection and smart or have skills in politic

Indonesia

In Indonesia have many parties or multipartite and people who became politicians didn’t through hand selection and the main point is famous, have much money although they didn’t have skills in politic such as celebrities

5. Health and Income

America  In America people with much money incomes had better access to health care facilities, higher life expectancy, lower infant mortality rate and increased health consciousness. And people with low incomes didn’t get access to health.

Indonesia

In Indonesia people with much income prefer to choose fast food and everything that serve instantly and people with law income also can’t manage their health because didn’t have much money.