Thanks for reply.
I know that, but I still need concrete examles :-(
***** NOT A TEACHER *****
(1) It's I again!!! (OK -- in regular English -- It's
me again.)
(2) It seems that you asked a SUPER difficult question. Maybe
differences can
not bring groups closer.
(3) Anyway, here is an example that I thought of.
(a) Here in the United States there is a small religious group called the
Amish. I know almost nothing about them. (Perhaps some other posters
do and will enlighten us.) I hear that they do not drive cars (only
horse and buggies); they dress in black (I think they do not use buttons);
they live on farms; they do not use electricity, etc. You get the
idea. The "other" group would be the city folks. In
other words -- people who are not Amish. Here are two different groups.
In discussing your question with my brother, he mentioned that maybe
the differences cause curosity and even envy, thus bringing the groups
closer to each other. For example, I hear that some "regular" folks from
the city visit Amish farms to see how they live. And I hear that some
city folks are pretty impressed by the simplicity of life. Not that that
the city folks want to live like Amish, but they start to feel more respect
for the Amish. And the Amish? Well, as they meet people from the city,
maybe they also start to realize that the city folks aren't that bad. In
fact, I hear that the Amish now allow the use of telephones in the case of
emergencies. Maybe their contact with city folks convinced them that
the city folks had something of value to add to Amish life. And, there
have been a few motion picture dramas about the Amish (for example,
a movie -- strictly fictional -- about the Amish and a murder). I think that
it was fairly successful: the curosity factor may have driven people to the
movie. And maybe the audience felt a little "closer" to the Amish after
seeing that they are human beings like the rest of us.
(4) Finally, there is an example of envy that might be an example of
bringing groups closer. I have to be indirect and SUPER careful about this
one. Here in the United States, there is a group (A) that has a
reputation for encouraging scholarship among their children. In other
words, most of their children are great students. Then there are some
groups whose children, in general, do not do so well in school. Well, this
difference sometimes brings the two sides together. That is, the other
groups sometimes communicate with group A to discover A's "secret"
in motivating their children.
(5) Is there some way that you could consider
curosity and
envy as
factors in bringing certain groups closer together?
James
P.S. If you do find some good examples,
please share them with us.