Romantic Tolerance Across Different Cultures | Best Russian ...

Apr 19 2012

Romantic tolerance across different cultures is, at least theoretically, a given in some societies. Any sign of intolerance would be highly disapproved of by the media and by politically correct people. Current issues in Britain are not about cross cultural relationships but about homophobia and same sex marriages. In such a context romance between people of various would be seen as a non-issue.

Although tolerance may now be seen as a common good in many societies, such was not the case in the recent past. In 1939 an affair between a Jew and a German would have been seen as shocking. Not long before that the notion of a master race was prevalent in America where slaves were auctioned and people who broke the public view of normality might have been lynched. Historically, that was very recent.

Ironically, the virulence of recent intolerance may be a big factor in the levels of public insistence on tolerance in societies such as the British. The public abhorrence of what went on in Nazi Germany may have caused a backlash. England has allowed so much immigration that the society has become a multicultural salad. People who do not want to be part of the salad are the ones who are on the outside, looking in.

However, it is in the self consciousness of such painfully crafted racial mixes that the artificiality and insincerity of the would be social engineers is revealed. In their efforts to demonstrate their tolerance they actually reveal their uneasy consciousness of cultural differences.

At family and personal levels reality takes on a different shape from that which may be exhibited by the media and political agencies. The ardent advocate of multiculturalism may have a sudden re-think when her daughter engages with a man wearing an animal bone thrust through his nose. However, if this is genuinely accepted as an insignificant cultural idiosyncrasy then there is genuine acceptance.

In Shakespeare? play, Romeo and Juliet there is a depiction of how intolerance can destroy something that is pure and beautiful. The light of love blazes bright enough to make obstacles invisible to the star-crossed lovers but they appear all too obvious to family members who are not in love.

Romantic tolerance across different cultures is a simple and natural process when lit by love. Obstacles may be rendered invisible or be known about but accepted as features that define the character if individuality. Without real love they may be significant but the attachment may not be worth much anyway. With real love the differences become aspects of regeneration.

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