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Williams 1 Writing Assignment #4 Cultural values impact friendships in a big way because when people of two different backgrounds its harder to connect with them. When I was in high school people of the same race or cultural background always stuck together. When people were friends with people of a different culture they always got along and almost always were friends after high school. Cultural values impact the formation of friendship because when people are willing to learn about each other then I think that there will be a good friendship that could come out of it. What needs to happen in order to start a friendship with two people of different backgrounds is that they need be able to have an understanding of that they are two different people and somethings that they do will not be the same they will have to learn how to respect that. Having friends of a different culture is kind of like traveling you get learn new thing and try out new food that you would never even think to try. You get to learn their world and practices and beliefs. When you have friends of another culture you are developing yourself more and are becoming more open minded.

Being friends with someone of different culture means you will have to learn about each other's cultures. Activities that could promote this are going to like a social event that are dedicated to that person's culture. Also, you could hang out with this person's family and that way you really get to know them and learn more about the culture and different things like holidays. Most people go to church with their friends and that’s a great place to learn about your friends' culture. Cultural shows and events are not enough to promote friendship because when these things happen its mainly like the basic stuff and just the top layers of that culture. They help with like a basic understanding of their culture but it’s not enough especially if you are

Williams 2 trying to learn more about their culture. Most of the time you could learn something about these they may not be correct or missing information that could lead you to not knowing if something is right or wrong.

Reasons to end a friendship with someone of a different culture might include if they said something offensive about your culture. They disrespected your culture by talking down about things that are considered a big thing to you or your family. Purposefully doing something they know is disrespectful. Saying something that they may think is funny to them but not you. Values that are important in a friendship. One being honesty without that then I won’t be able to trust that person who I have told so much about my culture. Two loyalty when you have a loyal friend then they will remain loyal to you even if you guys have a disagreement. Three being reliable having a reliable friend means when they say they are going to come then they will show up and don’t cancel last minute. Four being is someone who allows me to be who I am in this case accepting my culture and me accepting their culture.

Giving a friend a second chance depends on what happened for you guys not to be friends anymore. For example, they say something offensive to you and this is the first time this has happened then yes, I would forgive them and give them a second chance. If it happens again and they already know that what they said was offensive and they do it again then they have lost my trust and I feel I wouldn’t be able to tell them anything again which could cause an end to the friendship and I wouldn’t give them a third chance.

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