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Understanding Deep Culture
You may have heard this story. An anthropologist proposed a game to the kids in an African tribe. He put a basket full of fruit near a tree and told the kids that who ever got there first won the sweet fruits. When he told them to run they all took each others hands and ran together, then sat together enjoying their treats. When he asked them why they had run like that as one could have had all the fruits for himself they said: “UBUNTU, how can one of us be happy if all the other ones are sad?”‘UBUNTU’ in the Xhosa culture means: “I am because we are”
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““It was a great class, it really helped to look at different perspectives and realize that all can be a part of the big picture.”
”Reflecting with my peers helped me see my own cultural biases and how they can be interrupted.”
”Loved how the prompts and activities made the conversations around differences in culture a fun activity that tackled the difficulties of processing differences using prompts that did not seem intimidating.””
AnnaRose LLC gets to deep culture. In many cultural trainings, they only go as far as cultural facts and surface culture. This story of Ubuntu highlights values about sharing, or competition, or community. These values have high emotional or moral impact on people. Recognizing these values within themselves, seeing how they show up in different cultures, and practicing making space for other ways of being creates true cultural competency.
AnnaRose LLC creates custom cultural discussions that pertains to the cultures and dynamics of your school or district.